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Jamestown Tributes 
and Toasts 

JULIA WYATT BULLARD 




Illustrated by Bessie Thorpe Lyle 



" I wish we were all more thorough 
students of the mighty past, for 
we should be rendered braver 
prophets for the future and more 
cheerful workers for the present." 

— Frarxces E. Willard. 



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Copyright, 1907, 

BY 

JULIA WYATT BULLARD 



J. P.. BELL COMPANY 
Printers 

^,\NCHBURG, Va. 



TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



A VIVID figure standing out in as bold 
relief against the background of Ameri- 
can life to-day as did that of Captain 
John Smith in the affairs of the infant 
nation at Jamestown. 



They found not pearls and gold 
For which they came in quest 

Across the trackless deep — 
The Jamestown pioneers of old — 
Instead, the priceless pearl of Freedom, vast, 

For aye to keep; 
The virgin gold of boundless Opportunity, 
Which grows with ev'ry age more grand. 

A golden harvest any man may reap 
Who will. Yes, these the jewels rich 
The Jamestown settlers found 

Within the wilderness safe-keep. 

JtruA Wtatt Bullaed. 
Radford, Va. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Frontispiece 

Exposition Official Seal i;j 

Exposition Official Seal 15 

Captain Newport's Fleet 18 

English Coat-of-Abms 21 

English Flag 29 

United States Coat-of-Abms 31 

The Red Man 33 

The Exposition Unofficial Seal 34 

Jamestown Church Towsai 44 

Geoegb Washington Facing 49 

Independence Hall 56 

Bullock Hall, Georgia Building 66 

Coat-of- Arms of France 69 

Seal of Order of Cincinnati 70 

Seal of Colonial Dames 71 

Seal of Daughters of American Revolution 72 

Liberty Bell 74 

Coat-of- Arms of London Company 78 

Virginia Flag 80 

Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg 86 

Old St. John's Church, Richmond 88 

Mary Ingles' Cabin, Radford 92 

The Virginia Building 94 

Governor and Mrs. Swanson Facing 96 

Aunt Jemimy 102 

"A Tune From the Banjo" — Drawn by Lillian May Bein- 

karrhpen 108 

United States Flag 125 

Battleship Virginia 128 

Mount Vernon 136 

President and Mrs. McKiitley Facing 138 

Theodore Roosetvelt Facing 144 

Mrs. Roosevelt Facing 152 

Confederate Flag 165 

Ulysses S. Grant Facing 1G6 

White House of the Confederacy 170 

Robert E. Lee Facing 180 

Beauvoib, Home of President Davis and the United 

Daughters of the Confederacy Building 186 

Seal of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. . . .187 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

The Jamestown Exposition — Qrover Cleveland 13 

Virginia Hostess — Lucy Preston Beale 14 

Cardinal Gibbons' Tribute 15 

Expositions — President McKinley 16 

A Jubilee of Patriotism — Oovernor Swa/nson 17 

Bon Voyage — Michael Drcuyton 19 

Long The Hail — John T. Maginnis 20 

Our English Ancestors — Professor George W. Miles.... 21 

Jamestown — Hon. John Goode 22 

The Unknown Pioneer — Ellen Glasgow 23 

On a Portraiture of Captain John Smith 24 

On a Portraiture of Pocahontas 25 

Jamestown Island — James Alston Cabell 26 

Captain John Smith — Dr. J. M. McBride 27 

The Lady Pocahontas — Captain John Smith 28 

To Old England — Governor Claude A. Swanson 29 

Pocahontas — James Barron Hope 30 

Birth of a Nation — J. C. Wysor 31 

A Vision of Raleigh — Thomas Nelson Page 32 

The Red Man — Julia Wyatt Bulla/rd 33 

Jamestown — Amia L. Randolph Price 34 

To Pocahontas — Evan R. Chesterman 35 

Indian Corn — Julia Wyatt Bulla/rd 36 

Matoaca — John T. Maginnis 37 

King Edward's Greeting to America 39 

Pocahontas — Nora L. C. Scott 40 

The Tercentenary Message of Oxir Ancient Mother- 
land — Right Honorable Ja/mes Bryce 41 

Pocahontas — Miriam Sheffey 42 

To the Jamestown Church — Rev. William A. Barr 43 

At Jamestown Church Tower — John T. Maginnis 45 

New Hampshire — Gov. Charles M. Floyd 49 

Massachusetts — Henry Cabot Lodge 50- 

To Connecticut — Governor Rollin 8. Woodruff 51 

Toast to Rhode Island — Governor James H. Higgvns. . . 52: 

New York and Virginia — Hugh Gordon Miller 53. 

New Jersey — Governor E. C. Stokes 54 

To New Jersey — Prof. Henry Dallas Thompson 55> 

Pennsylvania and Virginia — Col. A. K. McClure 57" 

Delaware — George H. Dick amd M. H. Arnold 58 



PAGE 

Martland — Dr. Ira Remsen 59 

Virginia — Leslie M. Shaw 60 

To Virginia — William Jennings Bryan 61 

Toast to North Carolina — Governor R. B. Glenn 62 

The Old North State— Governor R. B. Glenn 63 

South Carolina — Governor Martin F. Ansel 64 

To South Carolina — Dr. Benjamin Sloan 65 

To Georgia — President Theodore Roosevelt 67 

The Empire State of the South — Dr. Francis H. Orme. . 68 
A Sister Across the Sea — Attorney General Bonaparte.. 69 

The Order of the Cincinnati — Heth Lorton 70 

To the National Society Colonial Dames of America 

— Mrs. Catherine Cabell Cox 71 

The Daughters American Revolution — Mrs. Donald Mc- 
Lean 72 

Daughters American Revolution — Lucy Claire Atkinson 73 

The Liberty Bell — Edmn A. Herndon 74 

Virginia — Governor Claude A. Swanson 77 

Virginia — Amelia Rives, Princess Trouhetzkoy 79 

"Sic Semper Tyrannis" — Julia Wyatt Bulla/rd 81 

Williamsbutjg — Professor J. Leslie Hall 82 

William and Mary College — President Lyon G. Tyler ... 83 
To THE University of Virginia — President Edwin A. 

Alderman 84 

Washington and Lee University — President George H. 

Denny 85 

Bruton Parish Church — Rev. W. A. R. Goodwin 87 

Old St. Johns— Mrs. 'Nora L. C. Scott 89 

Hollywood Cemetery — Evan R. Chesterman 90 

Virginia — Walter Edward Harris 91 

To Mary Draper Ingles — Julia Wyatt Bullard 93 

To THE Old Colonial Homes of Virginia 95 

Mrs. Claude A. Swanson — Julia Wyatt Bullard 96 

To Virginia — Senator Hoar 97 

Virginia — Selected 98 

The F. F. V.'s—Lily Tyler 99 

Virginia — Edward Fairfax Naulty 100 

<Old Virginia Selected 101 

Aunt Jemimy's Toast — Cally Ryland 103 

To Ol' Ferginny Eattn' — Anne Virginia Culhertson 104 

Tobacco — The Idle Reporter (Evan R. Chesterman) 105 

To THE Nameless Unforgotten — Edwin A. Herndon. . . . 106 

The Julep — John A. Moroso 107 

To Joe Sweeney — Edwin A. Herndon 109 

Virginia — Lily Tyler 110 

To the Old Black Mammy — Mrs. Lily Patton Kearsley. .Ill 

■George Sandys — Mary Johnston 112 

The Writers of Virginia — Anne Pendleton 113 

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PAGE 

To A Trio of Virginia Artists — Julia Wyatt Bullard. ..114 

Virginia's Poet Princess — Julia Wyatt Bullard 115 

OuB Mother — Charles T. Lassiter 116 

Onward, Proud Virginia — Dr. C. E. Fisher 117 

The New Virginia — James Branch Cabell 118 

Virginia Reawakened — Rahhi Calisch 119 

Virginia Rejuvenata — Rabbi Calisch 120 

Our Nation — Judge Lunsford L. Lewis 123 

America — Henry St. George Tucker 124 

Old Glory — Selected 125 

The Flag — Edward Everett Hale 126 

The Obligations of the Flag — Leslie M. Shonjo 127 

The Navy — Admiral Robley D. Evans 128 

The AmiY—Seci-etary Taft 129 

The Alma Mater of the Men Who Officer Our Ships 

— Captain Paul Augustus Cooke 130 

The Soldier's Alma Mater — Dr. Edward 8. Holden 131 

To THE Stately Sisterhood — Edwin A. Herndon 132 

Onward Columbia — F. V. N. Painter 133 

The Immortal Washington — Dr. George H. Denny 134 

To the Man Whose Natal Day Americans Celebrate 

— Grover Cleveland 135 

To the First "First Lady of the Land" — Julia Wyatt 

Bullard 137 

A Modern Knight and His Ladie Faiee — Julia Wyatt 

Bullard 138 

To Mrs. Cleveland — Julia Wyatt Bullard 139 

The "Glorious Fourth" — Carter Gia^s, M. C 140 

Our Birthright — Governor Charles E. Hughes 141 

To Expansion — Julia Wyatt Bullard 142 

The America of To- Day — Governor Swa/nson 143 

To OuB President — Julia Wyatt Bullard 144 

Pets of the White House — Julia Wyatt Bullard 145 

The Strenuous Life — President Roosevelt 146 

The Mighty West — Dr. G. E. Fisher 147 

To the Individual Citizen — President Roosevelt 148 

The National Game — Edwin A. Herndon 149 

Amb:rican Motherhood — President Roosevelt 150 

To Our Beauties and Belles — Mrs. Julia Magruder 

Tyler Otey 151 

The First Lady of the LAJiTD — Julia Wyatt Bullard 152 

The Pioneers of Christian Education — Julia M. Woods. 153 

Literature — Dr. Hamilton W. Mabie. 154 

American Men of Letters — Edward Everett Hale 155 

Vindication of Self Government — Senator Daniel 156 

A Shirk's Toast — Dr. S. Weir Mitchell 157 

Our Country's Future — Leslie M. Shaio 158 

The Ship of State — Longfellow 159 



PAGE 

The Blue and the Gray — General Stith Boiling 163 

The Stabs akd Stripes — Joseph Rodman Drake 164 

The Stars and Bars — Father Ryan 165 

Ulysses S. Grant — Eldridge 8. Brooks 166 

Roosevelt's Tribute to Lee 167 

Lincoln — Vice-President Fairbanks 168 

To Jefferson Davis — Julia Wyatt Bullard 169 

The White House of the Confederacy — Mrs. Kate 

Langley Bosher 171 

The Confederate Museum — Mrs. Nora L. C. 8cott 172 

To Richmond, Va. — Dr. Joseph Bryan 173 

Stonewall Jackson — James Power Smith 174 

Wolseley's Tribute to Lee — Viscount Wolseley 175 

Lincoln — Governor Netvton C. Blanchard 176 

The Old South — Thomas Nelson Page 177 

To Southern Women — Ex-Governor J. Eoge Tyler 178 

To Unmarked Confederate Graves — Mrs. J. Eoge Tyler. 11% 

Lee as a Soldier — President Roosevelt 180 

The Confederate Soldiers — Mrs. Lucy Lee Hill Macgill. ISl 

The Women of the Soi^th — Col. William Stewart 182 

The Confederate Cavalry — General Basil W. Duke 183 

Lee — Edward V. Valentine 184 

The Valentine Statue of Lee — Julia Wyatt Bullard. . .185 
The United Daughters of the Confederacy — Mrs. Lizzie 

George Henderson 187 

An American Hero — Dr. Hamilton W. Mabie 188 

General Robert E. Lee — Charles Francis Adams 189 

Stonewall Jackson — Judge Selden Longley 190 

The Old Canteen — T. C. Harbaugh 191 

The Confederate Veterans — Mrs. William P. McKenney .192 

To Virginia's Sons — Dr. G. E. Fisher 193 

Arlington — Governor Blanchard 194 

National Unity — Secretary Cortelyou 195 

L'Envoi — Harry St. George Tucker 196 



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CHAPTER I 



JAMESTOWN 



A MIGHTY shaft through E,aleigh's fingers slipped; 

Smith shot it, and a Continent awoke! 
For that great arrow, with an acorn tipped, 

Planted an English Oak! 

James Babkon Hope. 



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THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION 



We have fittingly celebrated the four hundredth anniversary 
of the discovery of America. The three hundredth anniver- 
sary of Jamestown is hardly less worthy of commemoration. 

A great nation can not bring to mind its small beginning 
and its stupendous growth through such a celebration as the 
Jamestown Exposition without stirring in the hearts of its 
people their best patriotism and the sincerest devotion to the 
principles which have made this nation great. 

And such patriotism and such devotion so completely under- 
lie American Institutions that their soundness and strength 
are absolutely necessary to our strength and perpetuity. 

Gbovee Cleveland. 

Princeton, Nov. 23, 190S. 



The Jamestown Exposition should not only commemorate 
the early history and the growth of our nation, but it should 
also stimulate the present generation of our countrymen 
To Patriotic Duty. 



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Princeton, February 10, 1907. 
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VIRGINIA HOSTESS 



MoTHEE of heroes, queen uncrowned and free — 
Virginia! At her open door she stands, 
Serene and gay, with gracious outstretched hands. 

Between a sunny land and smiling sea. 

Greetings, she gladly gives to all who come! 
Not gold and treasure, sought by men of yore, 
But golden welcome shining from her door 
Bids friends and strangers feel themselves at home. 

Lucy Preston Beaxe. 
Buchanan, Virginia. 



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CARDINAL GIBBONS* TRIBUTE 



The Jamestown Exposition — signalizing the first coloniza- 
tion of the English-speaking people on the shores of North 
America — pays a merited tribute to the great State of Vir- 
ginia, the 

Mother of States and of Statesmen. 

No State has contributed more than the old Commonwealth 
of Virginia to the enunciation of genuine republican princi- 
ples, or more enlightened statesmen who have upheld their 
principles in the halls of legislation and vindicated them by 
their valor in the field of battle. 



Baltimore, Mwrch 20, 1907. 



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EXPOSITIONS 



Expositions are the time-keepers of progiess. 
They record the world's advancement, 
They stimulate the energy, the enterprise, and 
The intellect of the people, and 
Quicken human genius. 

They go into the home. 
They broaden our dailj- lives. 
They open mighty storehouses 
Of information to the student. 
Every exposition, great or small, has helped some onward step. 
The good work will go on. It cannot be stopped. These 
buildings will disappear, this creation of art and beauty and 
industry will perish from sight, but their influence will remain 
to "make it live beyond its too short living with praises and 
thanksgiving." 

Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, 
the ambitions that have been fired, and the high achievements 
that will be wrought 

Through This Exposition? 

William McIvinley. 
Buffalo, September 5, 1902. 



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A JUBILEE OF PATRIOTISM 



The settlement of Jamestown marks alike the commence- 
ment of our noble commonwealth and our glorious union. 
There was the joint cradle of State and Nation. 

From that small beginning grew Virginia, whose superb 
career added new majesty and glory to Statehood. There also 
arose the mighty Western Republic, whose prodigious shadow, 
as it projects itself into the future, startles the imagination 
and almost challenges the possibilities of human destiny. 

This great historic episode is a veritable 

JXJBILEE OF PaTKIOTISM 

blending our past achievements and future possibilities. May 
the inspiring memories it engenders kindle our hearts with 
that fervid patriotism that animated our fathers and made 
them feel that public honor was private honor, public calamity 
private calamity, public success private success. 



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BON VOYAGE 



You brave heroic minds 
Worthy your country's name, 

That honor still pursue 
Whilst loitering hinds 
Lurk here at home with shame, 

Go and subdue! 

Britons! you stay too long, 
Quickly aboard bestow you. 

And with a merry gale 

Swell your stretch'd sail 
With vows as strong 
As the winds that blow you! 

And cheerfully at sea 
Success you still entice 

To get the pearls and gold, 

And ours to hold 

ViBGINIA, 

Earth's only paradise. 

Michael Drayton. 
Toast of the old English poet, to the Jamestown settlers when 
they sailed for Virginia, December 19, 1606. 



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LONG THE HAIL 



A FAB cry and long the hail, 

Aback and adown the years, 
From the bristling "regiments of the sea," 
To the craft of Newport's little fleet, 

That roused the Red Man's fears. 

A little fleet of tiny ships. 

That came like winged things. 
From the myst'ry land beyond the deep. 
To the wilderness of the unknown west, 

Where deadly shaft had wings. 

A far cry and long the hail, 

A hail three hundred years, 
From the doughty ships of Captain Smith, 
To the modern giants with armor clad. 

From which the twelve-inch peers. 

But every clime, in homage felt. 

Now sends its argosy. 
From the nations great of all the earth. 
To the honor of Freedom's warriors true, 
Who won their Victory. 

John T. Maqennis. 
Norfolk. 



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OUR ENGUSH ANCESTORS 



The planting of the Virginia Colony in the virgin land 
hidden away in the West, fastened and bound in on the 
wilderness trees a rare grafting of Elizabethan culture and 
enterprise. 

It was England's Grand Age. 

It was America's Graitoeb Oppoetuwitt. 

Out of the brains and souls of men of such an age and 
nation the planting of Virginia was conceived and ardently 
fostered. 

Geobge W. Miles. 

Radford, Virginia. 



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JAMESTOWN 



"Here the White Man first met the Red Man for settlement 
and civilization. 

"Here the White Man wielded the first ax to cut the first 
tree for the first log cabin. 

"Here the first log cabin became a part of the first village. 

"Here the first village became the first State capital. 

"Here was laid the foundation of a 

"Nation of Fkeemen, 

"Wliich has extended its dominion and its empire across the 
continent to the shores of another ocean." 

And if Governor Wise, the author of these words had been 
speaking to-day he might have added, "A nation which has 
extended its empire to far-off isles beyond the seas." 

Bedford, Virginia. 



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THE UNKNOWN PIONEER 



Whose free and valiant spirit gave birth to all that is free 
and valiant in our history. 

Who lived and died that a small adventure might become 
A Great Cause of Libebty, 
And a coimtry without a name 

The Foremost Republic of the Woeld. 



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Richmond. 



ON A PORTRAITURE OF CAPTAIN JOHN 
SMITH 



'This Smith, whose name shall never pasae, 
Was not a wight to delve in brasse, 
But all his works, both bright and bolde. 
Were ever wroughte of solid golde." 



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ON A PORTRAITURE OF POCAHONTAS 



"This maiden of the Indian race 
Had but a copper-coloured face; 
But hear her story trulie told, 
You'll say her hearte was virgin golde." 



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JAMESTOWN ISLAND 



This sacred spot is hallowed with priceless memories. The 
very air we breathe is fragrant with the incense of offerings 
laid upon the altars of liberty and constitutional government. 

Here was made the first permanent settlement of the English 
race on this continent. Here the weary voyagers "sang the 
Lord's song in a strange land," and first established the 
Protestant church in this land. 

Here this continent received its first baptism of English 
blood. Here the infant nation was nourished. 

Here the first legislative assembly was established. Here 
the Magna Charta of American liberty, which culminated in 
the American republic, was received. Here were sown the 
seeds which ripened into the great American principles of 
human rights and liberty. Here success crowned the first 
armed resistance to British tyranny, and hurled from his 
palace, which stood upon this spot, a royal hireling. 

With loving and devoted hands the women of this country 
haA'e saved Mount Vernon from dilapidation and decay, and 
have made it the trysting place of a nation. With untiring 
devotion they have preserved the landmarks of our history. 

To them now belongs the honor of rescuing from the ravages 
of the flood this island of Jamestown; this birthplace of the 
nation; this gateway of the greatest country the sun ever 
shone upon. 

James Alston Cabell. 

Richmond. 
In address delivered at Jamestown Island May 9, in receiving 
the Gates erected by the Colonial Dames of America, and 
turned over to the Association for the Preservation of Vir- 
ginia Antiquities. 



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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 



To the foremost actor in the opening scene of Virginia 
history, whose rescue by the Indian maiden, Pocahontas, threw 
around it the glamour of romance; the man whose courage, 
energy and sagacity 

Saved the Infant Colony feom Destbtjction 
and made possible the glorious years of its subsequent history, 
years pregnant with heroic figures and stirring incidents — 
one of the most notable of them all the latest, this year of 
grace nineteen hundred and seven, in which a grateful people 
celebrate the tercentenary of the Jamestown Landing; the 
hardy and valiant adventurer, Captain John Smith. 

J. M. McBryde, 
President Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 



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THE LADY POCAHONTAS 



"The Lady Pocahontas, Powhatan's most precious jewel; 
"She next under God was the instrument to preserve thia 
Colonic from 
"Death, 

"Famine 

"and Uttek Confusion, 
which if in those times had once been dissolved, Virginia had 
laine as it was at our arrival to this day." 

Captain John Smith, 
In "The True Relation of Virginia." 




TO OLD ENGLAND 



The great English-speaking people, who hold to-day in their 
strong hands the destinies of the world, have two sacred spots 
where they first planted themselves and began their world's 
mission — Ebbsfleet in England and Jamestown in Virginia. 

The history of our race from Ebbsfleet to Jamestown is 
one of heroic achievement, gleaming with glory in war and 
peace, in science and literature. During centuries of darkness, 
oppression and tyranny, our English ancestors alone preserved 
constitutional government and held aloft the torch of liberty. 
We are proud to be joint heirs in this priceless heritage of 
splendid deeds, which illumine forever the pathway of human 
progress and endeavor. We are proud of the rock from which 
we are hewn. We are proud of its granite strength and solid 
proportions. 

We are proud to speak the language of Shakespeare and 
Milton; proud to be of the blood of Hampden and Chatham. 
In this year of our jubilee, our hearts with abounding and 
abiding affection return to old England, and we wish all 
manner of happiness and prosperity to the land of our fore- 
fathers. 

We hope in the coming years the colossal power possessed 
by these kindred people will never again be used against each 
other in contest and strife, but will ever be invoked and used 
for the enlightenment and advancement of all mankind. 



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In Tercentenary Address, delivered April 13, 1907. 



POCAHONTAS 



Heb story, sure, was fashioned out above, 

Ere 'twas enacted on the scene below! 

For 'twas a very miracle of love 

When from the savage hawk's nest came the dove 

With wings of peace to stay the ordered blow — 

The hawk's plumes bloody, but the dove's as snow! 

James Barbon Hope. 




BIRTH OF A NATION 



Like giant oaks of the forest, great nations have small 
beginnings. 

They are not born, like Minerva, in complete armor, 
strength, and wisdom. 

Three hundred years ago at Jamestown our nation had its 
birth in the indomitable will, courage, and patriotism of John 
Smith and his little band. 

Indomitable will, courage, and patriotism afterwards wrested 
it from the sway of a monarch's sceptre, and have ever since 
preserved it. 

And indomitable will, courage, and patriotism will uphold 
our flag, maintain our nation, and secure to our country 

The Blessings of Libebty 
for all time. 

J. C. Wysor. 

Pulaski, Virginia. 



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A VISION OF RALEIGH 



I OFT have seen in watches of the night — 

Was it a dream or seer'a far-thrown thought? — 

A vision of a realm I never knew — 

For men grew in that air to rule themselves, 

And set a beacon high for all the world, 

A pilot star whereby the nations steered. 

Methought me saw three little caravels, . . . 

They clove the stormy leagues of wintry seas 

To limp at last within Virginia's capes — 

Those lone and silent sentries of the west — 

And cast their anchor in an inland sea. . . . 

With cables fine, spun by the silent fates, 

Then anchored they the Old world to the New, 

The Golden Future to the Age- Worn Past. . . . 

I saw them land upon a little isle. 

Rear first the cross; then plant a starry flag . . . 

And lo! a new-made England swam in view. . . . 

'Neath a new Heaven I saw a new Earth dawn. 

In yon vast spaces of that virgin land 

Men's minds grew great; their thoughts upsoared to Grod. 

As in old days, Jehovah spake again. 

On holy ground, from out the wilderness. 

And taught men secrets veiled from highest kings: 

That God's best gift to man is liberty; 

His chosen altar aye the patriot's heart. 

That neither Lords nor Kings can blind men's minds; 

That neither State nor Church can rule men's souls; 

That loftier far than gentle birth is birth 

Of Noble Aspirations and High Deeds. 

And deeper than all deep foundations lies 

The People's Will. On this and this alone 

All government whate'er must rest at last. . . . 

This radiant beacon my Virginia set. 

When Queenly, high enthroned amid the seas. 

She lit the torch that flamed across the world 

'Til joyful peoples clung about her knees, 

And at her feet the grateful Nations sued. 



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From his poem written for the Virginia Day Celebration at 
the Jamestown Exposition, June 12, 1907. 
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THE RED MAN 



Keeper of the Continent 
'Til the coming of the Race for which it was destined. 

A Picturesque Figure 
Gradually vanishing from the Scene of former Supremacy, and 
Retreating westward before the encroachments of civilization. 

High Above the Old- World Savage 
In pride and prowess, in courage and dignity of character. 

Child of Nature, 
Deep-tinged with poetry, and harboring in his soul the 
Rudiments of Religious belief and aspiration. 

The Race of Hiawatha 
And "Laughing Water"; of our own dear Matoaca. 
Here's to the Red Man-. 
In life, all the blessings of our great Country! 
In death, the joys of 

"The Happy Hunting Gbounds" 
Of his fathers! 

Julia Wyatt Bullard. 
Radford, Virginia. 

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JAMESTOWN 

1607-1907 



Behold a ship, whose faithful sail measured the ocean vast, 
And near this historic spot her solemn anchor cast. 

What then? 
Forest and stream, wigwam-huts, and the 
Red man's sovereign step in this New World. 

Three cycles pass — Behold once more ! A host by land and sea. 
To celebrate the settlement! All Praise! So let it be! 

Lone town, 

And scenes adjacent. Pale face home, how strange the history! 

Poor Indian! 

Anna L. Randolph Peice. 
Marlinton, West Virginia. 



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TO POCAHONTAS 



Child of the forest, though daughter of an emperor, scion 
of a savage race, yet mother of a sterling Christian stock, the 
redolence of thy loyal womanhood hath lingered wellnigh 
through three centuries, and ever will refresh the page of 
history. 

Though English royalty claimed thee as its favorite and a 
Briton took thee from the wilderness as his wife, 

Thou Abt Vibginia's Peouuab Hebitage 
and her lasting pride. 

Thy mortal remains long since have mingled with the dust 
of Albion, far, far away from the leafy haunts of thy forbears; 
but in memory, Sylvan Maid, thou livest to-day in the Old 
Dominion as the type of all that maketh thy sex lovable. 

Evan R. Chestebmaw. 

Richmond. 



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INDIAN CORN 



Hebe's to the Maize, 

Gift of the Red Maai! 

The "Manna in the Wilderness" 
to Jamestown Settlers! 

"The last crust" to Lee's starving Gray-Coats prior to Appo- 
mattox ! 

The Gold of the great Prairies! 

A Native of our good Soil, 
vraving its green banners from the Lakes to the Gulf, from 
the Atlantic to the Pacific! 

Fit Embi£m of Oub Gbeat Nation! 

JuuA Wyatt Bullabd. 



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MATOACA 



Norfolk. 



Pocahontas, sylvan princess, 
Fairy good, of pioneers; 
Wand, a heart of gentle sweetness; 
Soul prophetic, tender years. 

Daughter of the Indian chieftain, 
Feather White, of Powhata; 
Sprite of mercy, in the forest; 
To our fathers. Guiding Star! 

Thou Matoaca! Woodland Angel; 
Of Virginia, Nonpareil; 
Thou took up the White Man's burden. 
Saved him from a Savage hell. 

Pocahontas, Sweet Preserver! 
This the song, to thee we sing; 
Down the pillared aisle of ages, 
Echoed by a race shall ring. 

John T. MAGiNins. 



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KING EDWARD'S GREETING TO AMERICA 



On the occasion of the celebration commemorating the Ter- 
centenary of the foundation of the first English settlement on 
the American continent at Jamestown and the birth of the 
American nation, His Majesty's government wish to offer their 
warmest congratulations to the United States government on 
the magnificent progress and development which have brought 
the United States government into the first rank among the 
greatest nations of the world, not only in material prosperity, 
but also in culture and peaceful civilization. 

The connection which must ever exist in history between the 
British and American nations will never be forgotten, and will 
contribute to increase and, foster the ties of affection between 
the two peoples. 

Edwabd VII, Rex. 

Message of His Majesty, King Edward, delivered to President 
Roosevelt by Ambassador Bryce. 



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POCAHONTAS 



To the gentle daughter of a savage sire; 

The dauntless savior of a gallant gentleman! 
Loyal in her friendship, 
Tender in her womanliness, 
Picturesque in the pages of history, and 
Pathetic in the brevity of her life, 
Pocahontas, Princess and Pearl of Virginia. 

Nora L. C. Scott. 

Radford, Virginia. 



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THE TER-CENTENARY MESSAGE OF OUR 
ANCIENT MOTHERLAND 



In this season of fair weather it is natural that your eyes 
should look back across the sea to the ancient Motherland, 
from whom you were for a time divided by clouds of misunder- 
standing that have now melted away into the blue. Between 
you and her there is now an affection and a sympathy such 
as perhaps there never was before in the days of your political 
connection. To-day she rejoices with you in your prosperity 
and your unity. She is proud of you, and among her many 
achievements there is none of which she is more proud than 
this, that she laid the foundation of your vast and splendid 
republic 

Could the ancient Motherland, with her recollections of 
fourteen centuries of national life and seven centuries of slow 
but steady constitutional development, send to her mighty 
daughter a better message than this old message: "Cherish 
alike and cherish together liberty and law. They are always 
inseparable. Without liberty, there is no true law. . . 
Without law and order there is no true liberty, for anarchy 
means that the rights of the gentle and weak are overriden 
by the violent. 

"In the union of ordered liberty, with a law gradually 
remoulded from age to age to suit the changing needs of the 
people, there has lain, and there will always lie, the progress 
and the peace both of England and of America." 

Right Hon. James Bbyce. 
In Tercentenary Address delivered at Jamestown Island May 
13, 1907. 



POCAHONTAS 



Angel of the pathless woodland! 

Daring, dusky little maid! 
With hair as black as blackest midnight, 

Eyes the same Egyptian shade — 
What a debt we owe to you, Dear! 

One that ne'er can be repaid. 

Long ago, when cruel war-chiefs 

In bloodthirsty council sat, 
You performed your little stunt, Dear. 

If it had not been for that. 
Prithee, tell me, dark-eyed Princess, 

Where, where would we be at? 

To-day you would be called "Buttinsky" — 
Thus be known to modem fame — 

Or else, "Johnny-on-the-Spot," Dear, 
Now would be your honored name. 

Your charms, of course, would be snapshotted. 
But we'd love you just the same. 

To your eyes we drink a toast, Dear — 
To your heart so brave and true; 

To your voice, so sweet, so pleading — 
Little feet and fingers, too! 

We'd not have no Exposition. 
Pretty Princess, but for you! 

MXBIAM SHEFFEY. 
Bristol, Tennessee. 



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TO THE JAMESTOWN CHURCH 

1607-1907 



We stand beneath old spires beyond the seas 
And hearken to the thrilling tale they tell 
Of aspiration, self-devotion, well 

Wrought tasks, and penitents upon their knees. 

But ah, the tale of lust and cruel ease. 
Of bigotry and pride that tolled the knell 
Of liberty and light and truth! The fell 

Relentless hands that stifled piteous pleas! 
But thou, oh simple ruin upon this isle, 
Dost weave a tale whose every thread is fair. 
Thy sun that rose upon the darkling way 

Has faltered never, creeping up the dial, 
And now its splendid rays shine everywhere. 
Proclaiming liberty and peace for aye! 

WiLUAM AXEXANDEB BaBB. 

'Norfolk. 



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AT JAMESTOWN CHURCH TOWER 



Wheee the early settlers sank upon their knees to beg pro- 
tection, guidance and help of a Divine Providence, we in this 
commercial age forget our sordid cares and bow our heads 
in reverence for him who hewed his way into a new world 
to make a happier abiding place for his children; reverence 
for this ruin that tells of another generation's faith and 
dependence on Almighty God. 

Who shall say we are not better for the pilgrimage? 

John T. Maqinnis. 
Norfolk. 



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CHAPTER II 



THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN 



'In their ragged regimentals 
Stood the old Continentals, 
Yielding not." 



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NEW HAMPSHIRE 



The North Star of the colonies, New Hampshire, joins with 
Virginia in celebrating the birth of Anglo-Saxon life, liberty 
and civilization on this continent; and in honoring the 
mem,ory of Captain John Smith, 

Dauntless Navigator of Uncharted Seas, 

Whose visit to our Isles of Shoals in 1619 is there recorded 
in graven stone. 

Governor. 
Concord. 



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MASSACHUSETTS 



The State of the Pilgrim and the Puritan, where Plymouth 
Rock marks one of the comers of the great republic of 
the United States as Jamestown marks the other. 

Side by side with Virginia Massachusetts led the way to the 
Revolution and to Independence. 

"Massachusetts! There she is. Behold her, and judge for 
yourselves. 

"There is her history; the world knows it by heart. 

"The past, at least, is secure. 

"There are Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker 
Hill; and there they will remain forever. 

"The bones of her sons, fallen in the great struggle for 
Independence, now lie mingled with the soil of every State 
from New England to Georgia, 

"And There They Will Lie Forever." 



/r. c. ^, 



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United States Senate. 



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TO CONNECTICUT 



The home of the schoolmaster and the inventor and of the 
industrial pioneer. She loves the rough mechanic's arm and 
the gallantry of work. Her heart rings true to the music of 
the anvil, at the living forge by the running brook, or where 
the intellect of genius finds its lodge in the poet's soul. 



Governor. 



Hartford. 



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TOAST TO RHODE ISLAND 



Although small in area, Rhode Island is great in 
Civic Spirit, 

Business Enterprise, and its 
Devotion to the Best Ideals 
Of Modern Civilization. 
Within these Plantations the deserving persecuted from 
every land first found religious freedom and liberty of con- 
science. To this great American trait of toleration we are 
proud to proclaim our leadership and our glory. We estab- 
lished a precedent which has been acknowledged by all States 
in the Union. 

Rhode Island! 

The most densely populated of all the States still remains 
true to her old traditions, and, in addition, stands for the 
highest and most thriving forms of business life and enter- 
prise, as well as 

For Public Mobaxity. 




Governor. 
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 

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NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA 



Before the Pilgrim Fathers, whose meraoiy we delight to 
honor, had moored the May Flower to Plymouth Rock, the 
adventurous Cavaliers had established themselves in Virginia, 
and the first permanent settlement of English-speaking people 
on the American continent was made at Jamestown. 

New York was one of the provincial out-posts of Virginia — 
her territory extending as far as Nova Scotia, and Captain 
Smith writing King James in 1612, that the Dutch had taken 
possession of one of the Virginia islands — Manhattan. 

It is especially fitting, therefore, that the foundation of 
the Jamestown Exposition should have been laid through an 
endorsement of Ex-President Grover Cleveland, a former 
Governor of New York, and that most of its subsequent success 
as a national and international celebration, should be due to 
the imtiring and patriotic efforts of another former Governor 
of New York, President Theodore Roosevelt, who represents 
to-day the best type of the Twentieth Century American. 

The State of New York, that lives in the present, and 
contributes modern statesmen of the Roosevelt class, in par- 
ticipating in this great celebration, can afford to be generous 
as of old, when Jay and Morris, Clinton and Hamilton and 
Schuyler took counsel with Washington, Jefferson, Madison, 
Marshal, Mason, and Patrick Henry. 

So here's to New York and Virginia, the North and the 
South, the Colonists of 1607 and the Colonists of 1609, to the 
Empire State of the Union and the Old Dominion and its 
present successor — the great New Virginia of 1907. 

isiew York. Hugh Gordon Miixeb. 

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NEW JERSEY 



New Jeesey! Whose patriots freely gave their blood for 
freedom from the British yoke, whose hills and plains were 
the scenes of some of the fiercest battles of the Revolution. 

New Jersey! Whose sons again valiantly went forth to 
defend the Nation and extend the freedom established by their 
fathers. 

New Jersey! Peerless among her sister States for her 
industries, her public schools and the purity of her govern- 
ment. 

New Jersey! The meat in the sandwich, with New York on 
one side and Pennsylvania on the other. 



HJi^^ 



i^ 



Governor. 



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TO NEW JERSEY 



An aliquot part of the original thirteen United States, and 
one of the battlefields of the Revolution, with Washington 
commanding in person at the affairs of Monmouth and of 
Trenton and Princeton. 

The campaign of the crossing of the Delaware at Trenton 
by Washington, his progress to Princeton, and his masterly 
march to set in his winter quarters at Morristown has been 
characterized, by certain eminent German and English histo- 
rians, as on the one hand, in its inception, one of the greatest 
of modem strategic plans, as on the other hand, in its results, 
the turning point of the ebbing fortunes of the Colonies. 

May this not be an empty toast, but be overflowing with 
those invisible realities which make the cup of life itself 
sweet and invigorating. It contains the assurance to all the 
other States of the esteem and admiration of this State; of 
deep aflfection and good will, and the sincere wish that the 
coming years be crowned with 

Unity, Happiness and Serenity, 

Henby Dallas Thompson. 

Princeton University. 



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56 




PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA 



Thkbe is eminent fitness in Pennsylvania joining hand to 
hand and heart to heart with Virginia in the Jamestown 
Exposition. No two other States were so closely interwoven 
in the heroic efforts made to establish free government in the 
New World, and the two States have ever stood abreast in 
the forefront of our national progress. 

Here we have Independence Hall, the cradle of Liberty, 
where Jefferson, the great Virginia statesman, presented the 
immortal DECLAiiAxioN of Independence. 

Here in Carpenter's Hall the constitution of the new 
republic was moulded by Madison and administered by Wash- 
ington, the Father of the Liberty of the law then established 
by the Colonists. 

Here were fought by the Virginia Chieftain the battles of 
Brandywine and Germantown, and it was the overpowering 
influence of the great Virginian that held our starving and 
despairing troops without disintegration under the terrible 
sufferings at Valley Forge. 

Virginia and Pennsylvania stood abreast and high over ail 
in valor on the field of Gettysburg, the decisive battle of the 
Civil War. 

Virginia, the battle-ground of that bloody fraternal conflict, 
has arisen from the ashes of her desolation, and for years has 
been rapidly recovering. 

Pennsylvania has made matchless stridas in all things that 
ennoble and enrich a great commonwealth, and has shown by 
the generous mingling of our people with our Virginia 
brethren at Jamestown our reverence for Virginia's past, and 
our hearty interest in her future. 

Philadelphia. A. K. McClitre. 

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DELAWARE 



To the grand old State of Delaware, the third to have a 
settlement formed within her boundaries; the first to sign 
the Constitution of the United States. The home of the 
Rodneys, the Bayards, the Salisburj^s, and the Burtons. 

She has always, in times of need, responded promptly and 
liberally to the calls of the General Government for help, 
giving both of her means and her sons, to help repulse the 
foe from without and to put down dissentions within. 

The land of the luscious peach and juicy grape. Noted the 
world over for her pretty women and courteous men, she 
yields to none in the cordiality of her grasp of welcome to 
all who may visit her. 

George H. Dick, 
Secretary Jamestown Tercentenary Commission. 

Smyrna, Delaware. 

Delaware, though Rhode Island's rival in area, leads the 
nation in despatching her State affairs with the least number 
of legislators. 

Deeply sensible of the transcendental leadership of Wash- 
ington in war and of his sane counsel in peace, she, first and 
foremost of the Original Thirteen, rallied to his support by 
signing the Federal Compact on December the seventh, 1787. 

M. H. Arnold. 

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MARYLAND 



IMaetland: The State whose gallant sons saved Wash- 
ington's army at Long Island, and left their bones on battle- 
fields from Stony Point to Savannah; and whose just and 
firm statesmen secured for the nation the great territory of 
the West. 




President. 



Johns Hopkins University. 



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VIRGINIA 



Independence and National Union owe much to Virginia. 
She furnished the Author of the Great Declaration, the 
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, the prime 
mover for the most conspicuous figure in the Constitutional 
Convention, and the 

Great Interpreter of Our Fundamental Law. 

The first President of the United States and six successors 
were bom within her boundary, and when national authority 
was first imperilled a son of the Old Dominion, "Lighthorse 
Harry Lee," was called upon to head the forces the approach 
of which dispelled the threatening storm. 




600— 



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TO VIRGINIA 



Virginia ! 

Leader in war and in peace. 

Mother of soldiers and of statesmen. 

Home of Washington, Lee and Jackson, 
Of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. 
May the memories of the past 

Inspire Thy Sons of the Future. 



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TOAST TO NORTH CAROLINA 



Here's to North Carolina, where, in the year 1585, the first 
English settlement in the New World was attempted. Here 
was the birthplace of the first white child bom of English 
parents, 

Little Virginia Dare, 

and here the first English prayer ever uttered on United States 
soil ascended to God for protection, and the first baptismal 
rites were here celebrated. 

Here's to North Carolina! 

where on May 20, 1775, in the County of Mecklenberg, her 
sturdy sons threw off the yoke of oppression, and where later 
the inhabitants of the same coimty earned for it from the 
British the distinction of the soubriquet, "The Hornet's Nest 
of America." 



(^AUvu^ 



Governor. 
Raleigh. 



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THE OLD NORTH STATE 



Here's to North Carolina! 

Next to the last State to secede from the Union, but, once 
enlisted, furnishing more troops to the cause they loved than 
any other State, and earning by the valor and the heroic deeds 
of its soldiers the right to inscribe on its monument 

FiBST AT Bethel and Last at Appomattox! 

Here's to North Carolina! 

The home of true men and pure women. To thee we drink 
in trust and love and devotion, and declare in the words of 
the immortal State poet, 

"Carolina! Carolina! Heaven's Blessings Attend Thee; 
While We Live We Will Cherish, Protect and Defend Thee!" 



(^AUkJU^ 



Governor. 
Raleigh. 



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SOUTH CAROLINA 



In the galaxy of the sisterhood of States, South Carolina 
has ever held a place of glorious honor. As a Colony hopeful 
and expansive, as a State strong and steadfast, she early 
took rank and kept pace with the marvelous march of Com- 
monwealths in this great Republic. 

Eich in resources, princely in power, constructive in civili- 
zation, large in measures, mighty in men, transcendent in 
achievement, the Palmetto State has made a splendid contri- 
bution to the American Nation. 

WTiatever of wealth she has, of fair lands, "sunlit streams," 
starry skies, together with the poetiy of a Timrod, states- 
manship of a Calhoun, leadership of a Hampton, patriotism 
of a Marion, valor of a Jasper, heroism of thousands of glory- 
cro^\Tied sons and the peerless spirit and chivalry of her people 
of all times, these she has given gladly to the common country 
as a priceless heritage forever. 

With a past full of noble and historic achievements, a 
present pulsating with the throb and thrill of new life, this 
proud State is a-tip-top-toe with expectancy of hopeful tri- 
umphs in the future, while her destiny is committed to the 
hands of her loyal sons. 

Columbia. Governor. 




TO SOUTH CAROLINA 



Animated by an ardent love of liberty, she was the first of 
the Colonies to throw off formally the yoke of King George, 
and to declare herself a free and independent State. 

Throughout the war for the independence of the tliirteen 
States she kept in good faith, steadfastly and valiantly, the 
pledges made to them at Philadelphia on the Fourth of July, 
seventeen hundred seventy-six. The burden of that war fell 
largely upon her. 

Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, won undying fame. Marion, 
Pickens, the Rutledges, Wade Hampton, and the Pinckneys, so 
harassed Tarlton and Comwallis, and so delayed and crippled 
the latter that he fell an easy prey to Washington at York- 
town, thus ending the war. 

And so in Civil affairs, her Lawsons, her Pinckneys and 
Rutledges and Middletons and Heywards were wise in council 
and eminent in shaping the destinies of the great American 
Government. 

The blood of these great men still flows in the veins of 
South Carolinians, and 

The Love of Liberty is Still Her Beacon. 

Benjamin Sloan, 

President. 

University of South Carolina. 



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66 




TO GEORGIA 



Georgia's history is unique, for she alone, among the original 
thirteen colonies and the subsequent new states added thereto, 
was founded with a consciously benevolent purpose, with the 
deliberate intent to benefit mankind by upbuilding a Common- 
wealth along carefully planned lines of social, political and 
religious liberty and justice. 

Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a true apostle of 
philanthropy and of equality of opportunity for all. His set 
purpose was to found a State the gates of which should be 
open to the oppressed of every land and creed, and closed to 
every form of political, religious or industrial bondage or 
persecution. His colony welcomed alike those who fled from 
political or social tyranny, and those, whether Christian or 
Jew, who sought liberty for conscience's sake. It was a high 
beginning 

Since then Georgia has grown at a rate even more astonish- 
ing than the rate of the growth of the nation as a whole; 
her sons have stood high in every field of activity, intellectual 
or physical, and rapid though her progress has been in the 
past, it bids fair to be even greater in the wonderful new 
century which has now fairly opened. 

In Georgia Day speech at the Exposition, June 10, 1907. 
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THE EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH 



Georgia, one of "The Original Thirteen," 
Is patriotic and, I ween. 

Unflinching in devotion; 
At Ja.nlesto^vn — in Virginia fair — 
She wants to meet her sisters there, 

From Ocean to Ocean. 

In Colony and in State 

She always with the first did rate — 

This is her reputation; 
Her motto is a noble one, 
Regarded by each worthy son: 

"Wisdom, Justice, Moderation." 



Francis Hodgson Orme. 



Atlanta. 




A SISTER ACROSS THE SEA 



In those exploits which made Paul Jones famous, French 
sailors were his comrades in arms. 

In the long and bloody war which gave us national life, 
France was our generous ally. 



OnA^^lJ^^ 




By the Order of the Cincinnati, 

Instituted by the Officers of the American Army, 
May 10th, 13th and June 15th, 1783. 

Its Principles Are Immutable. 

"Interest in the lives, characters, and exploits of our 
mcestors forms no small part of the sentiment of 

"Patriotism. 
'It is natural, generous and unselfish." 

Selected by Heth Lorton, 
Secretary the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. 



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TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLO- 
NIAL DAMES OF AMERICA 



Through the gray vista of years we behold noble women 
making homes in spite of uncertainty, suffering, and death. 

They rocked the cradle of the nation; they helped to build 
a glorious country. Their courage, their gentleness and their 
tenderness grow with the years. 

To perpetuate the memory of their virtues and to preserve 
the highest ideals, the National Society of Colonial Dames 
was formed. 

May the members of this Society always maintain 
That courtesy which gives no pain; 
That heroism which faints not; 
That charity which suffereth long and is kind; 
emulating the virtues of their Colonial Mothers, and trans- 
mitting the highest aspirations to their daughters! 

President-General Colonial Dames of America. 



Richmond. 



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Docile, 
Daring, 
Daughters. 



D. A. R, 



AmiaHe, 

Ardent, 

American. 




Mrs. Donald McLean. 
President-General National Society Daughters American Rev- 



olution. 



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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION 



Here's to the daughters of the American Revolution, 
Whose grands ires framed our Great Constitution, 
And here's to the Patriots with hearts so true 
Who fought for our Flag — the Red, White and Blue. 
Then pledge me a toast to this noble band, 
Who teach these principles to children of our land: 

Love ! Honor ! Liberty ! 

Lucy Clair Atkinson, 
Regent Old Dominion Chapter, Richmond. 



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THE LIBERTY BELL 



CJlarion my tone in years gone by, 

Now silent I lie; 
Once sounding the hope of the people I blessed, 

Now voiceless I rest. 

Peace — peace in my breast. 
The high souls' ambition once roused me to speech 
And I summoned the heroes to die in the breach — 

Now tongueless am I. 
No sound from me more — I have uttered for you 

A note bold and true; 
It rang out for aye, it is echoing still, 

To stir and to thrill. 
Dumb in my peace, would I peace e'er bestow — 

May it ever be so; 
May the threat of the tyrant forever be vain — 

Else my ancient refrain 
Will swell in brave hearts into music again. 

Edwin A. Herndon. 

Lynchburg. 



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CHAPTER III 



VIRGINIA 



"Virginia, like the Mother of the Gracchi, when asked for 
her jewels, points to her sons." 

Selected by Thomas Nelson Page. 



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VIRGINIA 



Virginia, standing on an eminence that overlooks three 
hundred years of endeavor, can proudly survey the pathway 
she has travelled. She has met perils which she bravely 
overcame, and encountered misfortunes which she proudly 
bore in silence and finally conquered. She has seen many 
fierce conflicts involving her rights, to which she has sent the 
noble sons whose courage and valor, superb military genius 
and achievements, have encircled her brow with unfading 
lustre. 

The Voice which speaks to us from the past, the inspiration 
which springs from the present, the possibilities which crown 
the future, should arouse in all Virginians lofty aspirations 
and confirm the resolve to aid in every way possible our 
glorious State along the pathways of progress, growth and 
development. 

Governor. 
RicUmond. 



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78 



VIRGINIA 



To Virginia, who gave the "Fifth Kingdom" to England, 
but who gives the first to all who love her. 

Princess Troubetzkoy. 
"Castle Hill," Virginia. 



The London Company seal, adopted in 1619, bore the motto, 
"En dat Virginia quintum." Behold Virginia gives the Fifth 
Kingdom, 



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80 



"SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS" 



Here's to Virginia, Columbia's first child, 
Born of the Sea and the Western Wild, 
With the light of the skies 
In her glorious eyes. 

Wilderness-cradled, her lullaby song — 

The beauty of honor, the shame of wrong; 

While the lesson she learned at her mother's breast 

Was courage to bleed for the weak and oppressed. 

Hating all tyrants from earliest breath, 
Shirking not danger, and fearing not death. 
The seal that she set on her banner of blue 
Oft-dyed its fair azure to deep crimson hue. 

"Sic Semper Tyrannis!" Brave pledge of the State 
That death shall be ever the tyrant's quick fate! 
Extend round the world thy great gospel of Right, 
'Til Freedom dispelleth Oppression's dark night! 

Julia Wyatt Bullard. 



WILLIAMSBURG 



The ancient capital, the oldest city in Virginia, is the 
Mecca of patriots. 

Here stands the venerable college, the Alma Mater of states- 
men, poets, and orators. 

Here stands Bruton, "The Westminster Abbey of Virginia," 
within whose walls the founders of Virginia worshipped the 
God of their fathers, and acquired that "ghostly strength" 
which enabled them, first to conquer themselves and then to 
conquer the savage and bruise the paw of the British lion. 

Our streets reecho the footsteps of men who builded com- 
monwealths, wrote declarations, and drafted constitutions for 
generations yet unborn. 

About us echo the tones of orators who thrilled listening 
senates and made tyrants totter on their thrones. 

Williamsburg, the City of William, ever reminds the trav- 
eller, by her very name, that tyranny shall perish from the 
earth. 

J. Lesue Hall. 

William and Ma/ry College. 



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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE 



The Alma Maler of the Makers of the Nation, the nursery 
of Free Principles, and the Pioneer of Higher Education in 
the South. 

President William and Mary College. 
Williamsburg, Virginia. 



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TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 



The home of deep reverence for human freedom — intellec- 
tual, moral and religious — which filled the soul of her great 
Father and Founder. The birthplace in American academic 
life of the Elective System in Studies; the Honor System 
in Discipline; the Merit System in Awards. 



President. 
University of Virginia. 



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WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 



Endowed by George Washington. 

Administered by Robert E. Lee. 

The Heib of Their Fame. 

The guardian of their noble concept of public duty and 
private sacrifice. 

Seeking to embue the youth of the nation with the desire 
of service. 

Rejoicing in the splendid record of her sons in every sphere 
of honorable activity throughout every section of our own 
country and in foreign lands. 




President. 
Lexington, Virginia. 



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BRUTON PARISH CHURCH 



Old Bruton is the noblest monument of religion in America. 
Notwithstanding the devastating touch of time, the building 
has stood for well-nigh two centuries, a witness to the con- 
tinuity of the Church and the faith and devotion of the Nation 
Builders. 

Bruton, in 1699, became the successor to the church at James- 
town as 

Court Church of Colonial Virginia. 

Here, in pew elevated above the floor and canopied with 
silk, surrounded by their Council of State, worshipped the 
colonial governors, wearing the insignia of their authority as 
the representatives of old England's Kings and Queens. 

As the Church at Jamestown ministered to the men who 
first established Civilization in America, so Bruton ministered 
to those who through the State Constitution and the Declara- 
tion of Independence by Congress, helped to establish upon a 
firm and lasting foundation the government of the Federal 
Republic. 

Shadowing and sheltering the tombs of the ancient and 
honored dead, the Old Church, enriched by hallowed associa- 
tions, has stood 

"A link among the days, to knit 
The generations each to each." 

Preserved and restored, it is commended to the loving care 
of Virginia and to the patriotic interest of the Nation whose 
foundations it helped to lay by invoking upon the endeavors 
of the warriors and statesmen of the past the blessings of the 
God of Battles, who is the author of Liberty and Peace. 

W. A. R. Goodwin, 

Rector. 

WilUamshtirff. 



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88 



ST. JOHN'S CHURCH 



Outside ? 

God's Acre and its peaceful dead; 

Inside? 

The tumult and the throb of life; 

Without ? 

Spring's air, and God's blue sky o'erhead; 
Within? 

Forebodings of a nation's strife. 

And now is peace: God keep their memories green — 
Amidst these graves we say, with bated breath, 

Those men of action, these, unseeing, unseen. 
And he who cried for "Liberty or Death ! ! " 

Nora L. C. Scott. 
Radford, Virginia. 



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HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY 



Sombre sepulchre of the fallen oak and holly leaves, 
Pleasant playground of the wantoning Virginia creeper, 
Calm couch of those whose sleep so long will be unbroken. 
Thou holdest in thy restful, rounded bosom 
Thousands whom we pray to see again. 

Thou hast wrung our yearning hearts and laved thy mounded 
sod with tears, and yet we know thee for a gentle mother 
whose lullaby is a requiem that bespeaketh a joyous awaken- 
ing. 

Truly thou levelest all ranks and br ingest all to the dust, 
welcoming alike babe and warrior in thy enfolding embrace. 
Yet thine is an unmurmuring tenantry who neither weary 
nor jostle nor envy one another. In thee — "God's Acre" — 
there is a fee-simple for the high and the low, the rich and 
the poor, while in God Himself there is that promise of Hope 
which stealeth away the sting from Death. 

Inevitable Hollywood ! 

Whether thou wearest the sombre ermine of winter, the 
exuberant emerald of spring, theplacid olive of midsummer 
or the moribund crimson of autumn, thou art ever a beautiful 
emblem of 

Rest, Repose and Resurrection. 

We toast thee, not with wine but with our tears, and as our 
votive ofi'ering we give thee that which Golconda's riches 
coiild not buy — 

Our Loved Ones. 

Evan R. Chesterman. 

Richmond. 



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VIRGINIA 



First to strike the tyrant's shield, 
First to swear she would not yield 
Her liberties to Royal might 
And see the Wrong enslave the Right; 
First always when the battle rages, 
First in our history's glorious pages; 
First to tread the bloody way 
Along which Truth and Honor lay; 
First in Time and first in Glory, 
Shrined in Song, embalmed in Story; 
First in a thousand gentle arts, 
First in a thousand thousand hearts. 

Virginia ! 

Walter Edward Harris. 



Washington. 




The Cabin in which Mary Ingles lived on her return from 
captivity among the Indians. It was built in 1755, and is 
the oldest house in Virginia west of the Alleghany Mountains. 

The Mary Ingles Cabin still stands in a meadow near New 
Eiver, three miles from Radford. 



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TO MARY DRAPER INGLES 



The first white bride married west of the Alleghany Moun- 
tains, heroine of real life, whose story reads like fiction! 

Carried, in 1755, by the ShawTiee Indians from her home at 
Draper's Meadow, the present site of Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute, into the Ohio wilderness, the hardships of the 
journey were intensified by the pangs of maternity — a little 
daughter being bom to her on the march. 

But her wonderful courage and endurance were put to a 
still more harrowing test, as escaping from her captors, she 
made her way back to her home, a distance of about seven 
hundred miles through the pathless forest, without other pilot 
than the rivers to guide her bleeding feet, without other hope 
to sustain her half-starved body than her luminous faith in 
God and her own high courage. 

Brave Mary Ingles! No achievement of feminine heroism 
and endurance in the annals of brave vt^omen is more remarka- 
ble. 

Southwest Virginia does well to honor 
So Noble a Character. 

JuuA Wyatt Bullabd. 



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94 



TO THE OLD COLONIAL HOMES OF 
VIRGINIA 



In royal beauty, with their columned strength, 
They stand, in stately dignity and pride; 

These grand old homes our honored fathers built — 
Homes which to win and keep, they lived and died. 

Their carven stairs the tread of tiny feet 

Have hallowed — baby feet they've upward led; 

Their stately rooms are rich in echoes sweet 
Of voices glad before which shadows fled. 

Long may these dear colonial homes endure; 

Virginia's hallowed homes, wherein she rears 
Her lovely daughters, steadfast, true and pure; 

Her noble, loyal sons, who know no fears. 

Long may their stately portals wide be held 

To welcome to their hospitable halls 
The lofty and lowly — stranger, friend — 

Rest, peace and joy to find within their walls. 

Lucy Preston Beale, 
Assistant Hostess to Mrs. Swanson. 
Buchaimn, Virginia. 



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MRS. CLAUDE A. SW ANSON 

Hostess of the Virginia Building 



To Mrs. Swan'son — Most fit dispenser of the hospitality of 
the Old Dominion, and perfect type of her fair and lovely 
women. 

In the language of Mrs. Donald McLean, "The most accom- 
plished hostess in America." 

To Mrs. Swanson — Governor of Virginia! For all Vir- 
ginians echo the sentiment of her gallant husband when he 
says: "The women rule in Virginia. Mrs. Swanson is 
Governor of Virginia." 

Julia Wyatt Buixabd. 




TO VIRGINIA 



No State, 

No Civilization, 

No People Anywhere, 

has produced so many illustrious men as Virginia in the three 
hundred years of her existence. 

George F. Hoae. 
Massachusetts. 



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VIRGINIA 



The roses nowhere bloom so white 

As in Virginia; 
The sunshine nowhere shines so bright 

As in Virginia; 
The birds sing nowhere quite so sweet. 
And nowhere hearts so lightly beat, 
For heaven and earth both seem to meet, 

Down in Virginia. 

There nowhere is a land so fair 

As in Virginia; 
So full of song, so free from care. 

As in Virginia; 
And I believe that Happy Land 
The Lord prepared for mortal man 
Is built exactly on the plan 

Of old Vir"inia. 



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THE F. F. V;S 



Though the F. F. V.'s are hard to please, 

And very hard to find, 
Still the F. F. V.'s is a disease 

Of many a human mind; 
For the F. F. V.'s, the real ones, please, 

Are very hard to find; 
Yet the F. F. V.'s, those of disease 

( And quite a diff 'rent kind ! ) , 
Are the F. F. V.'s, as thick as peas. 

With which Virginia's lined. 
Toast the F. F. V.'s, the real ones, please. 

The ones so hard to find; 
And the F. F. V.'s, as thick as peas, 

Roast them within your mind. 

LttY Tylee. 
East Radford, Virgmia. 



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VIRGINIA 



My well-beloved Virginia! Oft at my mother's knee 

I heard the brave recital of deeds well done for thee: 

Of gentle maids and matrons, who graced each cot and hall, 

Of steadfast sons and fathers, responsive to thy call. 

Dear Presidential Mother ! Fame crowns thy stately brow 

For Monroe's sturdy doctrine, for Patrick Henry's vow. 

For Jefferson and Randolph, for Madison and Lee, 

For all thy men of mettle and gallant chivalry. 

My well-beloved Virginia! No land so dear to me! 

Whose famous son, George Washington, forever made us free; 

While rolls the broad Potomac, while York stream seeks the sea, 

At morning gun and set of sun, my toast shall always be, 

VIRGINIA! FAIR VIRGINIA! 

Edward Fairfax Naulty. 



OLD VIRGINIA 



Whar blooms the furtive 'possum — pride and glory of the 

South! 
And Aunty makes a hoeeake that melts within yo' mouth. 

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AUNT JEMIMY'S TOAST 



Honey, you ax me fuh a toas'. Jes wait now, lemme look; 
I oughtuh have some receipes fuh toas'es, bein' cook. 
Nor'm, not a one. Well, I declar! ef I kin make so free, 
Ise gwinetuh give you fuh a toas' De Vuh-gin-yuh Peach Tree! 
Uv all de fambly trees on uth dis is de bes' dey plants. 
(You sholy sees de c'nection twixt de peach-tree en de pants) 
A switch in time saves many a lim' uv Satan f'om de law. 
De combination's knowed tuh all, uv peach-tree switch en Pa. 
What wotild'a come uv Wasn't'n en Thomas Jeff'son too, 
Less dee had been licked intuh shape by parients good en true ? 
De slippuh nuh de cowhide aint nuAoih been our boas', 
De peach switch is our emblum — dat's why I gives dis toas' — 
Tuh de tree dat made de Ole Dominion famous, fyah en free, 
De gyardian uv de Commonwealth — De Vuh-gin-yuh Peach Tree. 



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Richmond. 



103 



TO OL' FERGINNY EATIN' 

De quality's a-sendin' Turn over all cle Ian' 

Deir toas'es fer ol' Jeamestown, dress up in wu'ds so gran'; 
Dey's toas'ed 01' Ferginny an' Young Ferginny, too, 
An' sweet Ferginny Ladiz, lak ev'ybody do, 
An' or Ferginny Gemmen an' Young Ferginny Beaux 
An' ev'ything Ferginian dat anybody knows, 
Esseptin' w'at I'se gwinter toas', a-speakin' out in meetin' 
To gin a hearty th'ee times th'ee fer "01' Ferginny Eatin'!" 

Wen li'l Miss Pokyhuntas she toted all dat food 
To starvin' folks at Jeamestown, I boun' you hit tas'e good ; 
Cap Smif he tueken a-likin', come mighty nigh ter lub, 
Lawd! lawd! who 'oon a-liked de gal whar fill him up wid 

grub! 
Right den an' dyar she stablish w'ats lasted full an' free, 
De or Ferginny cussom uv hosspitality. 

Go up de yearf, go do\\'n de yearf, you ain' gwine find no 
treatin' 

To ekal w'at dey gin you 'long wid 01' Ferginny Eatin'. 

Law, law! dem Blue Pint Eysters an' Planked Potomac 

Shad, 
Fish Muddle, Brunswick Stew, um-ph! dey sholy mek you 

glad! 
Hoe Cake, Egg Braid, Cawn Dodgers, Cawn Pone an' Sally 

Lun, 
Oh Shucks! I ain' got bref enuff to name 'em ev'y one. 
An' lawsy! w'en hit comes ter drinks. Mint Julep, Apple 

Jack, 
An sich, f'um ev'y part de Ian' you hear de moufs go smack; 
In fae', de 01' Ferginny Drinks has never yit bin beatin' 
By anything, onless hit is de 01' Ferginny Eatin'. 



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TOBACCO 



To your friends you are as redolent as the perfume of Araby ; 
to your enemies, as noxiously malodorous as the fumes of 
Tartarus. To those who love you, you are the balsam of life, 
a universal comforter, an inspiration and a joy forever. To 
those who hate you, you are a badge of stultitude, a menace to 
the peace and dignity of the commonwealth, a curse to human- 
Ity. 

In the kingdom of matrimony, you are a perpetual source of 
discord, and yet in the glowing calumet of the aborigines you 
were a symbol of peace, and the incense that rose aroimd your 
ashes served to stay the hand that raised the tomahawk. 
Through centuries you have floated down to us, and today you 
know no flag save that which waves over the common brother- 
hood of man. 

Sir Walter Raleigh sought to prove that your smoke has 
avoirdupois, but no mortal can weigh the part you have played 
in the affairs of mankind. You have been the "divine afflatus" 
of the poet, the good genius of the artisan, the comforter of 
the sorely distressed — the pet aversion of wives. 

When first we meet you, you make us sick, but once we know 
you, we are sick only when we dislike you. In short, you 
are a paradox of paradoxes, and, though designated as the 
"w^eed," you are the king of plants. He who "hits" his pipe, 
hits his best friend. 




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TO THE NAMELESS UNFORGOTTEN 



O Virginia, with thy story 

Of thy wars and meed of glory — 

fehouldst recall that of immortals 

W^o have passed beyond thy portals, 
Linger spirits that are nameless in the record of thy fame : 

Old black "Mammy" — and the maiden 

Fair as any in that Aiden; 

There's the horses and the chases 

And there's all the kinds of graces [name. 

That can charm the mellow fancy of the hosts that love thy 

But the knight who sniffed the hint 

Of the virtues of the mint, [game. 

Which skidoo'd the finest nectar from its prestige in the 

Wears a crown that's ever green, 

And afresh it blooms serene 
At each returning springtime, in the season for the same. 

Edwin A. Herndon. 
Lynchburg. 



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THE JULEP 



An Amber glint, 

A frosted veil, 
A fronded surface 

And a wail 
Of zephyrs 'mid the green leaves. 

Two lowered eyes; 

Two parched lips 
Drink at the pool; 

A- joy there slips 
A soul amid the green leaves! 

It lingers there 

In sweet repose, 
Until the Clay 

Withdraws its nose 
From sniffing in the green leaves. 

The soul returns. 

The glint is gone, 
The frosted veil 

Is quite undone — 
The Man sucks at the green leaves. 

A moisten'd eye, 
A fond regret; 
"Can have one more?" 
"Of course! You bet!" 

John A. Moeoso. 
'Sew York City. 



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Drawn by Lillian May Beiukainpen 



108 



TO JOE SWEENEY 



Appomattox County, Va., Befo'-the-Wak Makes and 
Master of a Famous Musical Instrument. 

Its ter-rumpity, umpity, umpi-tum turn, 

And they say that as music it's all on the bum, 

But if anyone hand you 

A tune from the banjo 
Your soles will go pat to the plunkity strum; 

To your head it will fly. 

Your toes, too, you'll ply, 
As over the boards you go humpity hum. 

Without airs that are proud. 

It will whoop up the crowd — 
Make 'em glad they are livin' and kickin', by gum. 

Edwin A. Hbendon. 
Lynchhurg. 



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VIRGINIA 



To fair Virginia's purple peaks, 

Her wave-washed shores and limpid creeks, 

We raise on high our glass of cheer 

In homage to our State most dear. 

Her Sons of past and present fame. 
The standard bearers of her name, 
Forever in our hearts enshrined, 
And in Virginia's honor twined. 

But deeper still we drink the toast 

To those who are the Southman's boast! 

Our mothers true, who gave our lives: 

OuE Mothers, Daughters, Sweethearts, Wives! 

Lily Ttleb. 

East Radford, Virginia. 



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TO THE OLD BLACK MAMMY 



When we came into the mysteries of life she took us in 
her arms, coddled and cared for our every need, and through 
years of altemity day and night, with a self-effacement and 
docile, loyal love the world will never know again, she helped 
her "little lambs" to grow familiar with the bonds and walls 
and limitations of a life. 

She endured our flashes of temper with the fidelity with 
which a dog creeps back to lick the master's boot, and so in 
sun and shade through all the changes of our earthly life, she 
served and worshipped, swathed us for life, and shrouded for 
the tomb. 
The First at the Cradle, The Last to Leave the Grave. 

God bless her! 

Lily Patton Keaesley. 
East Radford, Virginia. 



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GEORGE SANDYS 



George Sandys — a faithful servant of the Virginia Company, 
a wealthy gentleman, a poet of no slight merit, who, in the 
forests of Virginia, amid the incursions and alarms of the 
year sixteen hundred and twenty-one, made his translation of 
Ovid's Metamorphosis, 

The First Fruits of Literature in North America. 



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Richmond. 



THE WRITERS OF VIRGINIA 



Men die, but their deeds live after them enshrined in im- 
perishable treasure-houses of minstrelsy, song and story, and 
so — 

Here's to the men and women who have built for Virginia 
a treasure house of magic word and immemorial thought. 

Who have searched the world for jewels for its adorning; 

Who have contemplated life under many climes and con- 
ditions to put here the triumphs of such reveries; 

Who have remembered the dreams that inspired Virginia's 
planting, the romance that enveloped her growth; 

Who have held in heart the achievements of her great men, 
the valor of her soldiers, the beauty of her old life, the bravery 
of her new; 

WTio have immortalized the tragedy of her heart-break, the 
death-gloom of her sorrow, the splendor of her resurrection; 

Who have lifted glad eyes to the pla«e of her tree-clad 
mountains, her joyous fields and her sunny, wave-kissed 
shores ; 

And who, of all this, by the strength and witchery of record 
and rhyme, of history, romance and poem, have builded a 
myriad-windowed temple of letters, exquisite, luminous, 
enduring, a lasting memorial for all the world to see. 

To THE Writers of Virginia. 
Richmond. 



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TO A TRIO OF VIRGINIA ARTISTS 



Who have thrown upon glowing canvas the Old Dominion's 
past, and by artistic and vivid portrayal of life in the Olden 
Days have preserved to all time the chivalry and charm, the 
poetry and romance of Old Virginia. Who have added 

Jewels to Virginia's Crown, 
and earned, besides word-fame, a deep and abiding place in 
the esteem and affections of all Virginians, while ennobling 
humanity by their lofty standards and high ideals. 
In the wine of the olden days let us drink 

To Thomas Nelson Page! 

To Ellen Glasgow! 

To Mary Johnston! 

Julia Wyatt Bullard. 



VIRGINIA'S POET PRINCESS, AMELIE OF 
ALBEMARLE 



Whiie the world is toasting the dusky princess of James- 
town, 

> The Virginia Princess of Long Ago, 

I lift my glass to the Princess of Castle Hill, 

The Fair Virginia Princess of Now. 

Child of Genius! Ardent, beautiful, whose soul has sounded 
the mysteries of life, the deeps of passion; whose inner vision 
sweeps ever widening fields of thought, kens ever finer 
harmonies — Poet Princess — thy loved Virginia drinks to Thee. 

To Thee and to that larger Fame the Future holds for 
Thee in store! 

Julia Wyatt Buiiard. 



115 



OUR MOTHER 



"Here's to the Union, both in song and in story; 
May she never lack arms in defense of her glory; 
Here's to each star, which stands for a State 
In our Union so strong, in our nation so great; 
But here's to our Mother, it is no more opinion, 
She gave away States from the Ancient Dominion; 
Here's to the birthplace of Washington and Lee, 
The home of the brave and the land of the free; 
Here's to the source of our purest emotion. 
Here's to Virginia — from mountain to ocean." 

Charles T. Lassiteb. 

Petersburg. 



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ONWARD. PROUD VIRGINIA! 



Chicago. 



Virginia's history's Golden, 

Her Past to her Sons has been told; 

That Past will always be with her, 
The Future she now must unfold. 

High raise your proud head, O Virginia! 

Forward! your battle-cry be; 
The future is yours for the making. 

Glorious Fob You and For Me! 



C. E. FiSHEB. 



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THE NEW VIRGINIA 



She does not gaze unwillingly, nor too complacently, upon 
old years, and dares concede that but with loss of manliness 
may any man encroach upon the heritage of a dog or of a 
trotting-horse, and consider the exploits of an ancestor to 
guarantee an innate and personal excellence. 

To her all former glory is 

Less a Jewel than a Touchstone, 

and with her portion of it, daily she appraises her own doing, 
and without vain speech. For her high past unparalleled, she 
values now, in chief, as fit foundation of that edifice whereon 
she labors day by day, and with augmenting strokes. 

lilchmnnd. 



118 



VIRGINIA REAWAKENED 



Thy Golden Age is yet to be. Giants hadst thou in the 
days of old, but thy race of giants is not yet dead. Into the 
footsteps of the fathers the feet of a new generation are 
treading with sturdy yet reverent step. 

The winter of thy discontent is over and the new blood of 
a vernal season is within thy breast. It is coursing through 
the veins of thy mountains. 'Tis running in the streams down 
hillsides. 'Tis singing in thy rivers that run to the sea. 

From the motmtains of the west to the laughing waves of 
the eastern shore the pulse of new-born energy is throbbing 
through thee. 

Thou venerated Mother of States! Thou art moving in the 
march of progress with the sturdiest of thy daughters. 

Thou art reborn to 

A New Dominion! 

Richmond. 



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VIRGINIA REJUVENATA 



Glorious in thy history, but greater in thy hope — may the 
house of thy future surpass even 

The Temple of Thy Past. 

Richmond. 



CHAPTER IV 



OUR COUNTRY 



There in no magic but merit. 




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OUR NATION 



From the seed of popular government sown at Jamestown, 
culminating in the Constitution of the United States, has 
sprung 

The American Nation, 

of all the nations of the world the freest, the happiest and 
most admired. 



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AMERICA 



"OxJE land, the first garden of Liberty's tree. It has been 
and shall be 

"The Land of the Free." 

President Jamestown Exposition and George Washington 
University. 



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OLD GLORY 



As memory turns the pages 

And recalls the glorious past, 
With its heroes and its sages 

And the luster that they east, 
We will drink to grand "Old Glory'' 

In the wine of other days, 
And recount the wondrous story, 

The song of honest praise. 



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THE FLAG 



And for the Flag, never dream a dream but of serving her 
as she bids you, though that service carry you through a 
thousand hells. 

Remember, boy, that behind all those men you have to do 
with, behind officers and government and people, even, there 
is the country herself, your country, and that 

You Belong to Her 

as you belong to your own mother. 

Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother if 
those devils there had got hold of her today! 



Once given by Dr. Hale to the Graduating Class at West 
Point for their motto. 



THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE FLAG 



The most favored land in the world can afford to be both 
just and generous, but, being just and generous both, it must 
with each generation answer to the good conscience for its 
conduct in the hour of opportunity. 

It is not enough for the islands of the sea that the flag shall 
float in their harbors for a few days and then withdraw. The 
spelling book and the new testament must be dropped 

Beside each water course, 
On every hilltop. 
Through every defile, 

and the schoolhouse, the church and the Blessings of American 
Liberty must be permitted to bring peace to every hamlet 

And Sunshine to Every Home. 




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127 




THE NAVY 



May it be in the future what it has been in the past, 
The Safegtjakd of Oub Country and 
The Defender of Oub Homes. 




Admiral, U. S. N. 



128 



THE ARMY 



I HOPE we may never have another war. But our experience 
in the past does not justify such a hope. It is our duty, there- 
fore, if we would be wise in our generation, to make provision 
for a comparatively small regular army and efficient reserve 
of volunteers, and an adequate and cooperating force of State 
militia. In this way we shall follow closely the advice of 
Washington, given while he was President, in saying: 

"There is rank due to the United States among 
Rations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, 
by the reputation of weakness. 

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to 
repel it. 

"If we desire to secure peace, one of the most power- 
ful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be 
kno^^^l, that we are, at all times, ready for war." 

What the Father of His Country said in 1793, at the end 
of his first administration, is even truer of the situation of 
the country today, for we are very much nearer than the 
country was in his day to other nations of the world, and we 
have a rank which will certainly be withheld and lost by the 
reputation of weakness. Readiness for war is quite as effective 
an instrument to secure peace to-day as it was more than a 
century ago. 




THE ALMA MATER OF THE MEN WHO 
OFFICER OUR SHIPS 



The birthplace of the graduates of the Naval Academy is 
an immortality of fame. Their names will be as enduring as 
those of their ancestors, the early pioneers, in the noble profes- 
sion they have chosen. 

On the same page of history which records, in imperishable 
characters, the names and deeds of the heroes who have gone 
before, will be inscribed also those of the graduates who come 
after. 

And when tlse future heroes of far-distant centuries shall 
turn back to that page for inspiration and look there for 
lessons of wisdom and virtue, and the future poet draw thence 
a noble theme for his aspiring muse, the names of the gradu- 
uates of the Naval Academy shall not be passed by unnoticed. 

Augustus Paul Cooke, 
Captain, U. S. A. 



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THE SOLDIER'S ALMA MATER 



Here, where resistlessly the river runs 

Between majestic mountains to the sea, 

The Patriots' watch-fires burned: Their constancy 

Won Freedom as an heritage for their sons. 

To keep that Freedom pure, inviolate. 

Here are the Nation's children schooled in arts 

Of peace, in disciplines of War; their hearts 

Made resolute, their wills subordinate 

To do their utmost duty at the call 

Of this their Country, whatsoe'er befall. 

Broadcast upon our Histoiy's ample page 

The record of their valiant deeds are strewn. 

Proudly their Alma Mater claims her own. 

May she have sons like these from age to age! 

Edwakd S. Holdbn. 

United States Military Academy, West Point. 



131 



TO THE STATELY SISTERHOOD 



Six and forty of them, sisters, and a buxom bunch they are, 
Not a single one is bashful — each proclaims herself a star. 
Alike in this, they differ every other way but one, 
And that's a love for scrapping when their toes are trod upon. 
Three and ten, though passe maidens, won't be laid upon the 

shelf. 
And each of all the young ones battles bravely for herself; 
For one despises "duty," while another wants it high. 
And one would fight the railroads, while another's "fighting shy;" 
Some are for women voting, while some say "only men," 
And the ways they are contrary would exhaust a poet's pen. 
They can't be made to marry, though a union they adore. 
For they wouldn't leave each other for alliances galore, 
We cannot understand 'em except abovit one thing. 
Which is what they all agree on — 

They Will Never Own a King! 

Edwin A. Hebndon. 

Lynchburg. 



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ONWARD. COLUMBIA 



Loud the oppressed of the nations are calling, 
Seeking the freedom for ages denied; 

Restless the bondmen, with voices appalling. 
Startle the strongholds of tyrannous pride. 

Onward, Columbia, without hesitation, 
Lifting "Old Glory" aloft to the skies; 

Thou hast been called to a noble vocation — 
Bid the oppressed of the nations arise. 

Thou, O Columbia, art chosen of Heaven 
Foremost of nations in liberty's fight; 

Onward, and flashing thy cannon's red levin. 
Hasten the fall of earth's tyrannous might. 

F. V. N. Painter. 
Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia. 



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THE IMMORTAL WASHINGTON 



Fatheb of His Country: 

"First in War, 

First in Peace, 

First in the Hearts of His Countrymen!" 
The Typical Patriot of the Ages. 

The great exemplar of human freedom, of faith in men and 
devotion to the rights of men — the pattern after which the 
civic virtues of heroes have been fashioned. A name which 
will live among the greatest and noblest of all the ages. 




President. 
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. 



134 



TO THE MAN WHOSE NATAL DAY 
AMERICANS CELEBRATE 



The Twenty-second of February is a holiday that belongs 
exclusively to the American people. It memorizes the birth 
of one whose glorious deeds are transcendently above all 
others recorded in our national annals, and by so doing com- 
memorates the incarnation of all the virtues and all the 
ideals that made our Nation possible. 

All that Washington did was bound up in our national des- 
tiny. The battles that he fought were fought for American 
Liberty, and the victories he won 

Gave Us Our National Independence. 

His example of unselfish consecration, lofty patriotism and 
unfaltering faith in God made manifest as in an open book 
that those virtues were not more vital to our Nation's begin- 
ning than to its development and durability. 

The American people need to-day the example and teachiag 
of Washington no less than those who fashioned our Nation 
needed his labors and guidance. 



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THE FIRST "FIRST LADY OF THE LAND" 



Here's to the Fascinating Widow who achieved what French 
and Indian hordes could not, nor yet King George and all his 
red-coat band — the unconditional surrender of 

The Geeatest Warrior on the Continent! 

Who captured, and held prisoner in the bonds of love all 
the days of his life. 

The Invincible Washington! 

JuxiA Wyatt Bullard. 



137 



A MODERN KNIGHT AND HIS LADIE FAIRE 

President and Mrs. McKinley 



To Gentle Lady as any of the Olden Time! To Knight as 
chivalrovis and pure as ever graced I^ng Arthur's Table 
Round! Theirs, a love as fair as poet's page has e'er adorned. 

A tender Vine, trailed in the dust, alas! by ruthless hand 
that felled the noble Oak 'round which it twined! Reunited 
now — "Beyond the Portals" they dwell in peace and joy. 

Ever hallowed will be the memory of their brave and beau- 
tiful lives in the tender traditions of our national life! 

Julia Wyatt Bullard. 



138 



TO MRS. CLEVELAND 



Here's to Mrs. Cleveland! The only President's wife who 
ever entered the White House a Bride! 

No FiEST Lady of the Land 

has worn her honors more gracefully; none shed greater luster 
on the title. 

"She Moved a Queen," 

a shining example of glorious womanhood. In the language 
of Mark Twain, in those halcyon days, 

Here's to Mrs. Cleveland, "The Young, 
The Beautiful, The Good-Hearted, The 
Sympathetic, The Fascinating!" 

Julia Wyatt BuLtASD. 



139 



THE "GLORIOUS FOURTH 



Remember that the Fourth of July gained its glory in 
America and in the world by reason of the enunciation on 
that date of an ideal, and not the realization of it. 

That a bloody war required to gain a mere recognition of 
the principle of government by the people; that the applica- 
tion of the principle has been slow and incomplete; that 
difficulties greater than any in the past are to be overcome 
before that application can be made perfect. 

That the ideal we identify with the Fourth is not as yet 
a consummation, but is still an aspiration: an aspiration 
which it will require centuries to turn into an abiding 
condition. 

To cherish this ideal, this aspiration, to face these diffi- 
culties, to hasten this consummation — these ^g sasodjnd 8jb 
to enlist the noblest efforts of the best of the human race. 

I would suggest a toast to the young men of to-day: May 
their pride in the Fourth never be dimmed; may the spirit of 
liberty then called forth, in their hands be never repressed 
or obscured by the lust for wealth or for conquest; may it 
be cherished and defended at every hazard, that the glory of 
the Fourth may be made everlastinii'. 



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Lynchburg. 



OUR BIRTHRIGHT 



Wb may properly congratulate ourselves upon the marvelous 
record of the nation's progress. With resistless energy the 
vast domain between the oceans has been developed, and its 
remotest parts have been knit together by mutual needs and 
the multifarious activities of an ever-increasing commerce. 

. . . An imparalleled prosperity has blessed our efforts. 
And never has the sun shone upon a more industrious and 
happy people, enjoying to a larger degree equal rights and 
equal opportunities, than those who gather to-day imder the 
Stars and Stripes to commemorate the birth of American 
liberty. 

We stand in the presence of those related by blood to the 
illustrious signers of the Declaration of Independence. They 
rejoice in their distinguished lineage. But we are all the 
spiritual sons of these fathers of our liberties. We have a 
priceless heritage. . . . 

This great country, populated with an intelligent people, 
animated by the loftiest ideals, presents unexampled oppor- 
tunity. 

May we be worthy of our birthright, and so deal with the 
problems confronting this generation that we may transmit 
to our children a still larger boon, and that they, enjoying 
even to a greater degree equality of opportunity, may find still 
better secured the "inalienable rights of life, liberty and the 
pursuit of happiness." 

In Fourth-of-July address at the Jamestown Exposition. 



141 




TO EXPANSION 



Uncle Sam is tall and slim, 
Uncle Sam is long of limb. 
The reason why? 'Tis plain as day. 
Uncle Sam was built this way 
That he might reach Manila Bay — 
When Duty called — without delay. 

To Uncle Sam, so tall and slim, 

To Uncle Sam, so long of limb, 

His Dusky Babe beside the Bay 

Seems only step or two away, — 

And taught how Christian "Kids" behave 

Now coos to him across the wave. 

One hand on the cradle across the sea, 

The other at the helm of the U. S. A., 

He guides the Ship of State 

The easiest way. 

Ah, yes, 'tis plain as brightest day 

Why Uncle Sam was built this way. 

Julia Wyatt Bullard. 



142 



THE AMERICA OF TODAY 



In the three hundred years which have elapsed since the 
founding of Jamestown, we have made a national history, 
eveiy page of which is illumined with courage, heroism, suc- 
cess and hope. 

Freedom of action and opportunity have brought us a 
wonderful material wealth. Our wealth to-day is greater 
than that of any other nation. From an agricultural people 
we have become the greatest manufacturing people in the 
world, the products of our factories exceeding those of Britain 
and continental Europe combined. Our mines now furnish the 
world more than half its mineral wealth. Rich plains, over 
which herds of wild buffaloes wandered, are now the granaries 
of the world. Cotton has become king of plants, and the 
world's comfort and clothing are dependent upon the white 
fields of the South. 

In mechanical appliances and inventions our people have 
achieved wonders more astonishing than any of which al- 
chemists ever dreamed. We occupy the foremost place in the 
world's commerce, our exports now exceeding those of Britain. 
Recently we have become supreme in finance, our banking 
capital being the greatest of any nation. The world's financial 
heart now throbs in New York, and its pulsations affect the 
world. Instead of three small ships — Susan Constant, God- 
speed and Discovery — which landed the colonists here, we now 
have a navy second only to Great Britain, and which we 
propose to increase until it shall equal that of any. 

Nor has our phenomenal development been confined to 
material things. Education and Christianity have kept pace 
with our wonderful industrial progress. We have created 
a national literature, distinctive and creditable, and which in 
the same length of time has never been equaled. It is true, 
we have not yet reached the highest elevation, but with time 
and patience, we will climb the dizziest heights of learning 
and genius. Freedom of thought and opportunity will in time 
give us amazing intellectual wealth. 



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C^iyz^uo^^^t^ 



Richmond. Governor. 

In Tercentenary Address, Jamestown Island, May 13. 1!)07. 
143 



TO OUR PRESIDENT 



Who holds Conviction high above the carpings or plaudits 
of the multitude. 

A Servant of the People — manly, fearless, resolute, disinter- 
ested. 

A Pioneer of Reform, blazing a trail in the dread domains 
of corporate encroachment. 

Soul of honor in every relation of life, public and private, 
ami ^Vinner of Fame in varied fields of endeavor. 

An Idol of the People, regardless of section, regardless of 
party affiliation. 

One of the most illustrious leaders of all time, and of all 
earth's rulers to-day — the strongest, the bravest, the most 
powerful and respected. 

Here'.s to Theodore Roosevelt! 

JuuA Wyatt Bullard. 



144 



PETS OF THE WHITE HOUSE 



Here's to a brace of birds high in favor with the present 
Master of the White House — 

The Stoek and the Albemarle Wild Turkey! 

Julia Wyatt Bullaed. 



145 



THE STRENUOUS LIFE 



I PREACH to you, then, my countrymen, that our country 
calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous 
endeavor. The twentieth century looms before us big with 
the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek 
merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace; if we shrink 
from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of 
their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the 
bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for 
themselves the domination of the world. 

Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to 
do our duty well and manfully, resolute to uphold righteous- 
ness by deed and word; resolute to be both honest and brave, 
to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, 
let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or 
without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is 
justified, for it is only thru strife, thru hard and dangerous 
endeavor, that we shall ultimately win to the goal of true 
national greatness. 



THE MIGHTY WEST 



The Mighty West! I love it best, 
'Tis not so "Wild and Woolly," 

Our Teddy Boy, our Greatest Joy, 
He always calls it "Bully." 

The Mighty West! I love it best, 
'Tis there they make things hurry; 

No loit'ring there, no sloven's share, 
'Tis stir and spur and scurry. 

The Mighty West! I love it best. 
Out there they keep things moving; 

'Tis where they work from mom till night, 
They always are improving. 

Of sentiment they also have 

"Right Much" and more a-coming; 

Yet? Notwithstanding? If? and But? 
They WORK, and keep things humming. 

The Mighty West! I love it best, 
The Great Rich West we hear of. 

The man who cannot make his way. 
That Mighty West steer clear of. 



C. E. FiSHEB. 



Chicago. 



147 



TO THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN 



The corner stone of the Republic lies in our treating each 
inan on his worth as a man, paying no heed to his creed, his 
birthplace, or his occupation, asking not whether he is rich 
or poor, whether he labors with head or hand; asking only 
whether he acts decently and honorably in the various rela- 
tions of his life, whether he behaves well to his family, to his 
neighbors, to the State 

This great republic of ours shall never become the govern- 
ment of a plutocracy, and it shall never become the govern- 
ment of a mob. God willing, it shall remain what our fathers 
who founded it meant it to be — a government in which each 
man stands on his worth as a man, where each is given the 
largest possible liberty consistent with securing the well-being 
of the whole, and where, so far as in us lies, we strive 
continually to secure for each man such equality of oppor- 
tunity that in the strife of life he may have a fair chance to 
show the stuff that is in him 

For we believe that if the average of character in the 
individual citizen is sufficiently high, if he possesses those 
qualities which make him worthy of respect in his family 
life and in his work outside, as well as the qualities which 
fit him for success in the hard struggle of actual existence, — 
that if such is the character of our individual citizenship, 
there is literally no height of triumph unattainable in this 
vast experiment by, of, and for a free people. 

In Opening Address at the Exposition, April 26, 1907. 



148 



THE NATIONAL GAME 



Look we now on seven ages — 

Six are past and one still here, 
On we march by steady stages, 

A little forward every year. 
Heroic age, when spirits bold 

Undaunted blazed the way; 
Romantic, when the dames of old 

And cavaliers held sway; 
Then glory's age, when freedom won, 

Became our right divine, 
Then age of Gold 'neath Western sun 

Appeared in '49. 
Time sped us on to Cuba's aid, 

To rescue her from Spain — 
A knightly quest 'twas we assayed, 

'Twas chivalry again. 

Learn we of these, but they are small 

Compared to this good day. 
For now the patriots all play ball 

Or pine to see the fray. 

It's Casey at 

The spot called "bat" 
And see him swat the sphere 

And hear \is shout, 

As he hits out 
The home run of the year. 
Read we the past, but now's the age 

Evokes our vocal powers — 
The diamond age is all the rage 

And thrills this land of ours. 

Edwin A. Hebndon. 
Lynchburg. 

149 



AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD 



No piled-up wealth, no splendor of material growth, no 
brilliance of artistic development, will permanently avail any 
people unless its home life is healthy, unless the average 
man possesses honesty, courage, common sense and decency; 

. . . unless the average woman is a good wife, a good 
mother . . . 

There are certain old truths which will be true as long as 
this world endures, and which no amount of progress can 
alter. One of these is the truth that the primary duty of 
the husband is to be the home-maker, the bread-winner for his 
wife and children, and that the primary duty of the woman 
is to be the helpmeet, the housewife and mother. 

On the whole I thinl< the duty of the woman the more 
important, the more difficult, and the more honorable of the 
two. . . . The woman who is a good wife, a good mother, 
is entitled to our respect as is no one else. 

Into the woman's keeping is committed the destiny of the 
generations to come after us. . . . The woman's task is 
not easy — no task worth doing is easy — but in doing it and 
when she has done it, there shall come to her the highest and 
holiest joy known to mankind. 

. . . . she will have the reward prophesied in scrip- 
ture; for her husband and her children, yes, and all people 
who realize that her work lies at the foundation of all 
national happiness and greatness, shall rise up and call her 
blessed. 



150 



TO OUR BEAUTIES AND BELLES 



Hebe, dusky Matoaka, we drink first to you, 

With pity so tender, and friendship so true; 

And Evelyn Byrd, with your pride and your fame. 

The belle of two countries, who ne'er changed her name; 

To the Mary and Martha of Washington's time 

We bow low our heads and salute you in rhyme, 

Dolly Madison's wit in the White House hall, 

Parke Perkins, the Queen of Centennials ball. 

The "Gibson girl" too, with form so divine, 

All, All, we now hail of Virginia's line. 

But the beauties that raise our glasses higher 

Are our girls of to-day that we all so admire. 

Julia Magruder Tyler Otey. 
Walnut Hill, Va. 



151 



THE FIRST LADY OF THE LAND 



Hebe's to Mrs. Roosevelt! Rich of sympathy and intuition, 
large of vision — worthy comrade in the mental life of a great 
intellectual leader. 

Ideal Wife and Model of Maternity! 

The peer of any queen in dignity and poise, whether doing 
the honors of the White House 

As Hostess to Royalty, 

or cooking breakfast at Pine Knot, down in Albemarle! 

Julia Wyatt Buliabd. 



152 



THE PIONEERS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 



Men are educated more by the eye than by the ear. 

We read history, the history of our own country and of 
one's own people. We listen to eloquent speakers on this 
inspiring subject. But it is naught compared with the effect 
upon a thoughtful mind of the study of the early map of our 
country. 

There the eye takes in what the mind refused to grasp, the 
wonderful expansion of that which is now an almost bound- 
less empire, from the narrow inhabited strip bordering the 
Atlantic. 

Not territory alone is suggested by this expansion: 

Power! 
The power of arms. 

Of statesmanship, 

Of political acumen. 

Of well-established commerce, 
Of wealth, 

Of social prestige. 
But, above all, the power of educated thought. I give you 
then, and let us lift high our cups, high into the free air. 

The Pioneebs of Cheistian Education! 

who nurtured and matured the National mind and made our 
country 

God's Country. 

Julia M. Woods. 
Martinsburg, West Virginia. 



153 



LITERATURE 



There is but one fundamental question for Americans, and 
that is whether they are to keep their souls alive. 

Idealism is not a vision of the poets; it is the real come 
to perfection. The only honest man is the idealist, for no 
man is honest save he who puts into his work the best that 
is within him, regardless of the wage he receives. 

We never grow old so long as the spirit is yoimg, and the 
great books feed the fountains of life. Vitality and freshness 
are the qualities of all great literature. We renew our youth 
by companionship with great books. 



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Outlook. 



154 



AMERICAN MEN OF LETTERS 



To the American men and American women who compel U3 
to look up, and not down! Literature may be This — and it 
may be That! We praise it, and praise it, and are grateful 
for it — when it tells us what the writer has seen or done or 
is. It is unhelp when it only tells us how such things should 
be described. 

There is no style worth a straw unless the writer 
Has Something to Say. 



155 



VINDICATION OF SELF-GOVERNMENT 



The People : Their rule in a representative Republic is, with 
all its faults, far better than autocracy, with all its virtues. 

Compare the men whom the people of the United States have 
chosen as Presidents, with an equal number of hereditary monarchs 
of any other nation, and self-government in comparison finds its 
incarnate vindication. 



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United States Senate. 



156 



A SHIRK'S TOAST 



Madame, a toast you ask? I feel like quoting 

"SiK, THE Toast be 'Dear Woman,' " 

for verily I can not do it. 

You know what the Shirk said to the Laggard, "Do not 
thou entreat me, seeing that the thing you ask is both 
difficult and impossible. 

"Find Some Other Victim." 

Believe me full of grief because of an empty head. 



157 



OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE 



When our territory shall all be improved, 

Our desert-places made to blossom as the rose, 
Our mineral wealth developed. 

And all our power utilized, 
may our eighty millions of people, then multiplied many 
times, bear witness anew to the great truth that 

"Righteousness Exalteth a Nation." 




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158 



THE SHIP OF STATE 



'Sail, on, sail on, O Ship of State! 
Sail on, O Union, strong and great! 
Humanity with all its fears, 
With all the hopes of future years. 
Is hanging breathless on thy fate! 
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. 
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears. 
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears 
Are all with thee, — 

"Are All With Thee!" 

Longfellow. 



CHAPTER V 



THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 



Under the sod and the dew, 
Waiting the judgment day; 

Love and tears for the blue, 
Tears and love for the gray. 



Francis M. Finch. 



162 



THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 



The stern arbitrament of war has fixed for all time the 
status of a perpetual Union: Let us hope that it will ever 
be composed of co-equal States in patriotic accord, with the 
memory of fratricidal strife obliterated, and only the glory 
of heroic deeds performed by 

Those Who Wore the Blue 

and 
Those Who Wore the Gray 

treasured up in the sacred traditions of the whole American 
people. 

Stith Bolung, 
Major General Commanding United Confederate Veterans. 

Petersburg. 



THE STARS AND STRIPES 



'Flag of the free-heart's hope and home, 

By angel hands to valor given; 
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, 

And all thy hues were born in heaven!" 

Joseph Rodman Drake 




164 




THE STARS AND BARS 



Furl that banner! True, 'Tis gory, 
Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory; 
And 'twill live in song and story. 



Father Ryan. 



Norfolk. 



165 



ULYSSES S. GRANT 



As a conqueror, he was one of the greatest and most 
magnanimous that the world has known. As a man, he was 
the kind that the world loves to remember and talk about — 

Loyal to his friends, 

Forgiving to hie foes. 

Calm in the face of danger, 

Firm in the hour of decision. 

Modest and unassuming in his daily life. 

Loving and tender in his home, 

A Leadek When He Led, 

a hero when called upon to face either danger, disaster or 
death. And as time goes on, while the words 

Honor, Duty, Courage, Faith, Simplicity, 

mean anything, so long vdll the world reverence and uplift 
the name and fame of Ulysses S. Grant. 

Eldridge S. Brooks. 



166 



ROOSEVELT'S TRIBUTE TO LEE 



I JOIN with you in honoring the life and career of that 
great soldier and high-minded citizen, whose fame is now a 
matter of pride to all our countrymen. 

Terrible tho the destruction of the Civil War was, awful 
tho it was that such a conflict should occur between brothers, 
it is yet a matter for gratitude on the part of all Americans 
that this, alone among contests of like magnitude, should have 
left to both sides as a priceless heritage the memory of the 
mighty men and the glorious deeds that the iron days brought 
forth. The courage and steadfast endurance, the lofty fealty 
to the right as it was given to eaeh man to see the right, 
whether he wore the gray or whether he wore the blue, now 
make the memories of the valiant feats, alike of those who 
served under Grant and of those who served under Lee, 
precious to all good Americans. General Lee has left us the 
memory, not merely of his extraordinary skill as a general, his 
dauntless courage and high leadership in campaign and battle, 
but also of that serene greatness of soul characteristic of 
those who most readily recognize the obligations of civic duty. 
Once the war was over, he instantly undertook the task of 
healing and binding up the wounds of his countrymen, in the 
true spirit of those who feel malice toward none and charity 
toward all; in that spirit which from the throes of the Civil 
War brought forth the real and indissoluble Union of to-day. 



1«7 



LINCOLN 



His birth was not heralded by pomp and ceremony. The 
entire world mourned at his bier. 

He loved liberty, and so loved it that he wished that all 
men might be free. 

He loved the American flag, and so loved it that he wished 
that no stain should rest upon it, and that all the children of 
men might stand upright in the enjoyment of the priceless 
jewel of freedom. 

He comprehended within the ample scope of his purpose 
freedom to all, irrespective of race and condition. 



TO JEFFERSON DAVIS 



A Southern gentleman, of distinguished bearing and gentle 
chivalry. A gallant soldier, brilliant orator and highly gift- 
ed statesman. 

Secretary of War under Pierce, and the "Power Behind the 
Throne" of the Administration. 

One of the most distinguished Exponents of Southern 
Thought, 

First and Only President of the Confederacy! 

Serving with disinterested devotion the people who liad 
called him to the helm, and bearing the burdens of the Conted- 
eracy with silent uncomplaining; in defeat, he became the 
vicarious Sufferer of the South, meeting the humiliations 
visited upon him with the bravest dignity and patience. 

A leader of high integrity, of spotless public and private life 
and lovable traits of character — his name will ever be cherished 
in the South with loyal and tender affection. 

Julia Wyatt Bullard. 




170 



THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE 
CONFEDERACY 



To what thou wast, Old House! 

To all that has pasised from sight, 
To the dreams of the dead — ^the visions fled, 

I lift my glass to-night. 

And I drink to thee, Old House, 

As home of my Nation's head! 
A nation whose life was bitter with strife, 

And now is counted dead! 

Slowly I drink, Old House, 

Silent and standing — I raise 
To my lips the glass while before me pass 

The wraiths of other days. 

I love thee well. Old House! 

And with rosemary in my heart. 
For the dear dead's sake my glass I break 

To what thou wert — and art! 



JZl 



Richmond. 



171 



THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM 



First it ranked high among the hospitable homes of old 
Richmond, a stage for many a brilliant scene and distin- 
guished players. 

Then the "whirligig of Time" with a tragic turn hurled it 
into the pages of history as 

"The White House of The Confederacy." 

For a few years a painful memory, then woman's zeal and 
woman's fidelity made it the place of wonderful and touching 
interest it now is. Each room tells its own tale, and the 
conjuror, Imagination, brings before us the whole gallery of 
pictures. War, with its glory and its horrors; victory and 
defeat, privation, death's harvest-time, all that gory war 
brings in its train, and above all, 

Courage, High and Enduring. 

A wonderful monument in itself, and all this made pos- 
sible by the women of the South. 

Nora L. C. Scott. 
Radford, Virginia. 



172 



TO RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 



The Capital of the Old Dominion and of 

The Confederate States of America. 
The Forum of Statesmen for Generations. 
To take her and defend her. 

Hundreds of thousands of America's bravest 

Fought four years, and 
Tens of thousands laid do«-n their lives. 
When she fell— the whole South fell with her. 
She now holds the hearts of the loyal living, 

And the ashes of the heroic dead. 



Richmond. 




173 



"STONEWALL" JACKSON 



Outwardly Jackson was not a stone wall. He was 
An Avalanche from an Unexpected Quarter, 
A Thunder-bolt from a Clear Sky. 
And yet, in character and will he was more like a stone wail 
than any man I have ever known. 

In the two years of his military career, he made a record 
of campaigns without a mistake, and of battles, in a just sense, 
without defeat; winning, in this brief time, 
The Confidence of his Superiors, 
The Worship of his Troops, 
The Wonder and Admiration of the World. 
Military Critics, Von Moltke among the number, pronounce 
Jackson's Shenandoah Campaign the finest example of strategy 
in the world's history. 

Religion was everything to Jackson — it was the man himself. 
And as the years go by, he rises into the ranks of the 
Soldier Sajnts of Histoky. 

James Power Smith. 

Aide-de-Camp to Jackson. 
Richmotid. 



174 



WOLSELEY'S TRIBUTE TO LEE 



Every incident of my visit to General Lee is indelibly 
stamped on my memory. He was the greatest general, and, 
to me, seemed the greatest man I ever conversed with, and 1 
have had the privilege of meeting Von Moltke and Bismarck. 

General Lee was one of the few men who ever seriously 
impressed me with their natural and inherent greatness. Forty 
years have come and gone since our meeting, yet the 

Majesty of his manly bearing, 
The genial, winning grace. 
The sweetness of his smile, and 
The impressive dignity of his 
Old-fashioned style of address 

come back to me among the most cherished of my recollections. 

His Greatness Made ]\Ie Humble. 

Viscount Wolseley, 

Field Marshal of England. 



175 



LINCOLN 



Abeaham Lincoln: 

One of Those Rare Spirits 
which a few times only have appeared in human history! 

The South's present estimate of Lincoln is so high — his 
life, character and achievements, that we of the South unite 
with our brethern of the North in placing him with Washington 
at the forefront of illustrious men whose lives and careers 
Adorn the Pages of American History. 

Governor of Louisiana. 



THE OLD SOUTH 



Heb Ivory Palaces have been destroyed; but Myrrn, Alo€3 
and Cassia still breathe among her dismantled ruins. 



177 



TO SOUTHERN WOMEN 



By the work of her hands she has reared shafts of granite 
and marble and bronze in a hundred cities and hamlets of 
the South, to tell to the coming ages of the chivalry and cour- 
age of our valorous dead. 

Her tender ministrations to the sick, the wounded, and the 
dying, and her patient work in supplying want 

Enshrine Hek in the Heabts 

of every true son and daughter of the South. 



^?;^VW^' 




^, 



Ex-Governor. 



East Radford, Virginia. 



178 



TO UNMARKED CONFEDERATE GRAVES 



SiLENTLT we drink the toast to the memory of those whose 
uncoffined dust lies somewhere in the stillness of earth, 

OtJB Brave Confedeeate Dead, 

who sleep in graves unmarked save on some suffering heart, 
and unadorned by flower or marble siiaft, whose very silence 
and self-eiTacement tells the courage 

Which No Human Lips Can Speak. 

Sue Hammet Tyler. 
East Radford, Virginia. 



179 



LEE AS A SOLDIER 



The world has never seen better soldiers than those who 
followed Lee; and their leader will undoubtedly rank as 
without any exception the very greatest of all the great cap- 
tains that the English-speaking peoples have brought forth — 
and this, although the last and chief of his antagonists may 
himself claim to stand as the full equal of Marlborough and 
Wellington. 



180 



THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER 



Hebe's to the Memory of the heroes who at the cannon': 
mouth gave up all in life save Honor. 

The Tbxjest of The Teue, 

The Bravest of the Beave, 

The Confederate Soldier. 

Lucy J'V^v. Hill Macgill. 
Pulaski, Virginia. 



181 



THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH 



The virtues and graces of the beautiful and accomplished 
Women of the South have gilded its memories through every 
generation 

With Unfading Splendor. 

William H. Stewart, 
Grand Commander United Confederate Veterans. 

Norfolk. 



182 



THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY 



Hail to the riders of the South 
Who 'neath that banner fought 

Which lowered in disaster now 
Is yet with glory fraught. 

The horsemen who with Stuart rode 

Around the hostile ranks; 
Or charged with Ashby at their head 

By Shenandoah's banks. 
To those who fought with Fitzhugh Lee; 

Who followed Hampton's plume, 
And made the Old Dominion's soil 

With added laurels bloom. 

The men who sped at Morgan's side 

Like hawks upon the wing 
And crossed the broad Ohio's tide 

To teach invasion's sting. 
The troopers who by Forrest led 

On many a march and fray. 
Through every danger found a path 

Or made themselves a way. 

And those who never backward looked 

When Wheeler bade them go; 
And those who o'er Missouri's plains 

With Shelby chased the foe. 
The rapid dash of Mosby's band 

Upon the camp at night; 
And Terry's rangers rushing on 

In thunder to the fight. 

And still in many a Southern home 

The Story will be told 
Of how they dared the battle's wrath 
In the brave days of old. 

Basil W. DtrKE, 
Louisville, Kentucky. 

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WiatE I asked to name the most characteristic feature of 
this Idol of the South, my answer would be, "A complete 
absence of the melodramatic in all that he said and did." 

All who had the privilege of his personal aquaintance at 
once recognized a character in which were blended 

I'he Noblest Qualities of Mind and Heart. 
Richmond. 



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THE VALENTINE STATUE OF LEE 



"As one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and 
lies down to pleasant dreams," so lies the matchless Lee — 

Majestic and Sebene! 

The masterpiece of a genius dear to the Southland, and 
honored the world around for the matchless marble that will 
forever entwine the fame of Robert Edward Lee and Edward 
Valentine. 

Julia Wyatt Bullakd. 



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UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 



To the United Daughters of the Confederacy: That body of 
women who, when the South had arisen from its ashes and 
desolation, banded themselves together to bind up the wounds 
of war, — building homes and establishing pensions for those 
who had given themselves and all they had for the Confeder- 
acy; erecting monuments to departed Confederate heroes; see- 
ing that the children of the South were taught unbiased facts 
of history, and that new material was gathered and preserved 
for history yet unwritten. 

The Southland bears abundant evidence of the labors of love 
performed by these devoted women; and the kindly aid that 
has come to them from men and women of the North must 
bind us closer and still closer as one people. 

The United Daughters of the Confederacy: May they ever 
go forward with longer strides in their work and still greater 
love in their hearts Fob a Reunited Country! 



President-General United Daughters Confederacy. 
Greenvoood, Mississippi. 

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AN AMERICAN HERO 



The public men of this country are those who shape its 
destinies and inspire its ethical life. Among the educational 
forces of this coimtry none is superior to General Lee him- 
self. He is no longer one of the heroes of the South, but of 
America. 

His Stainless Life 

was worth more than millions to the cause of education. The 
time is coming when the statue of General Lee will stand in 
the cities of the North as well as of the South, and it is 
already ripe for this recognition of his greatness. 



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GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE 



Restrained in Victory, he wore Defeat as 't were a Laurel 
Wreath. 



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"STONEWALL" JACKSON 



To the man who is the recognized military genius of the 
war between the States! 

He impersonated Saxon grit, which is the story of a 
thousand years. 

His faith was that of the Scotch Covenanter; and whether 
he prayed or fought, he was dead in earnest. 

In all the struggles of millions of men, on thousands of 
battlefields, no figure stands out more preeminently than he. 

He had the soundest judgment. He kept his own counsel 
and struck where least expected. 

"He was inspired," said Genei'al Ewell, and he inspired his 
troops to follow his lead without a question. They fought as 
he fought — like tigers. 

Call the rolls of the battlefields on which victory perched 
upon his banners! Hero of First Manassas, Front Royal, 
Winchester, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, 
Bristoe Station, Second Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Sharpes- 
burg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. 

Such Is "Stonewaxl" Jackson. 

Selden Longley. 
Radford, Virginia. 



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THE OLD CANTEEN 



Old and battered and grim and rusty, 

Lonely it hangs on the wall to-day. 
Never a soldier had a friend so trusty, 

In the weary camp and the bloody fray. 
Oft 'twas dipped in the wandering river. 

That sang to the seas so far away, 
Now the old friend 's off duty forever. 

Comrade staunch of a boy in gray. 

Silent? Yes, but it tells a story. 

Only for these old ears of mine; 
Oft we went to the fields of glory. 

Into the shadow and out in the shine. 
Soon I'll be with my comrades sleeping, 

Where the roses bloom and the grass is green, 
Then on the wall, its vigils keeping, 
Will dangle alone the old canteen. 

T. C. Haebaugh. 
€^asstown, Ohio. 



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THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS 



As long as they live we will love them and honor them. 
When they "cross over the river," may they "rest under the 
shade of the trees." 

Mbs. Wm. R. McKennet, 
President Virginia Division United Daughters Confederacy. 

Petersburg, 



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TO VIRGINIA'S SONS 



Virginia's Sons, of Val'rous deed, 

Virginia's men of olden time, 
Their blood was shed on battle-field, 

Felled were they like oak and pine. 

To them their cause seemed Just and True, 
To them their State deserved their lives; 

Would it be the same, 'twere I or You? 
In righteous strife the True Man strives. 

C. E. FiSHEB. 



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ARLINGTON 



A DISTINGUISHED Frenchman, meditating amidst the graves 
of the soldiers of both sides at Arlington National Cemetery, 
said: 

"Only a Great people is capable of a Great Civil War." 

I would add that "Only a great People is capable of a 
Great Reconciliation." 

Let us, People of the North and People of the South, 
prove additionally our claim to greatness by the 

Greatness of Our RECONcrLiATioN. 

Governor. 
Baton Rouge. 



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NATIONAL UNITY 



Reunited in the bonds of National fraternity, all sections 
of our beloved covmtry now march shoulder to shoulder in the 
great forward movement of our people toward the achievement 
of their splendid destiny. 

God grant that the spirit of fraternity may grow deeper and 
ever deeper, in this fair land of ours, and that distinctions of 
class, unjust discriminations as between man and man, the 
exactions of greed, and the sophistries of the demagogue may 
find no lodgment in the hearts of our people. 




L' ENVOI 



My heart's desire and prayer to God is that when the gates 
of this Exposition shall be closed in November next, 

And the fleets of the world, which gracefully ride these 
waters, shall have turned their prows homeward. 

That all the nations of the earth here represented, with 
mutual respect and admiration increased and strengthened by 
their mutual intercourse, may be cemented by the ties of an 

Everlasting Friendship 

that shall encircle the earth in one continuous band of unity 
and peace; and that those of our people who have gathered 
here from every part of the United States, for the purpose of 
kindling anew the fires of liberty in their hearts from these 
ancient altars, or with open hearts to renew the friendships 
of olden days, may with one heart and one voice joyfully 
unite in the aspiration of Massachusetts' great orator: 

"Liberty and Union 
One and Inseparable, Now and Forever." 




President Jamestown Exposition Co. 
In address delivered Ojjening Day, April 26, 1907. 



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